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  • No Longer A Joke. Micro$oft Is Malware

    From Diego Garcia@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 28 18:13:54 2025
    XPost: comp.os.linux.misc

    The joke was, for a LONG time, that Micro$hit Winblows was
    a malware infestation at ones workstation.

    Well, it's no longer a joke:

    https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/28/windows_11_is_a_minefield/

    What took these assholes so long to admit it?


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    Gentoo: God's gift to FOSS.

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  • From Chris Ahlstrom@21:1/5 to Diego Garcia on Tue Jul 29 07:43:22 2025
    Diego Garcia wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    The joke was, for a LONG time, that Micro$hit Winblows was
    a malware infestation at ones workstation.

    Well, it's no longer a joke:

    https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/28/windows_11_is_a_minefield/

    What took these assholes so long to admit it?

    I have a dual-boot (Debian Sid + Win 11) on a mini PC that shipped with
    Win 11, a cheap way to get Windows.

    I boot into Windows 11 every so often to do a git pull from a Git Bash
    command line, fire up Qtcreator to test the build, then run a DOS batch
    script to build the release, pack up the code in a 7zip file, and use
    NSIS to build a setup.exe. Then I'm done, boot back to Debian, and
    mount the NTFS partition to copy the release files.

    When I've had to stay in Win a bit longer (to fix bugs), I run VLC
    and play SomaFM's Groove Salad stream for comfort.

    Always amused by the ads at login. Haven't seen much of the fun
    that the article mentions.

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    You just know when a relationship is about to end. My girlfriend called me
    at work and asked me how you change a lightbulb in the bathroom. "It's very simple," I said. "You start by filling up the bathtub with water..."

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  • From Diego Garcia@21:1/5 to Chris Ahlstrom on Tue Jul 29 18:54:10 2025
    XPost: comp.os.linux.misc

    On Tue, 29 Jul 2025 07:43:22 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:


    Always amused by the ads at login. Haven't seen much of the fun
    that the article mentions.


    The article is only the beginning, unfortunately.

    When attempting to export a document as PDF, Office 365
    now offers you 2 free Adobe Acrobat formatted PDFs before
    agreeing to a pay-per-print contract. If one declines
    then a severely limited M$ export option is given.

    M$ and Adobe are obviously united in milking their captive
    user base.

    Not only Micro$lop but most Micro$lop software is joining
    the extortion party.

    A lot of M$ software, paid by subscription, includes targeted
    "suggestions" (i.e. ads) based on recorded user behavior.

    I know this because the software at my place of employment
    displays this exact behavior -- and no one, except me, gives
    a flying fuck.

    Unfortunately, the owner/pres is a total digital idiot
    and I could not ever convince him to switch to GNU/Linux/FOSS.
    (Although I could easily transform that whole fucking place.)

    On one of my home machines I have Winblows 11 but it has
    been completely gutted to remove everything except the functional
    essentials. It requires several hours to do the gutting
    but it is certainly worth it.

    --
    Gentoo: God's gift to FOSS.

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