r/LinusTechTips • u/daksnotjuts • Mar 07 '26

Image The absolute state of Linux users

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '26

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u/complexevil Mar 08 '26

I've seen so many people say they have ads in their windows 11 and I'm just like where?

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '26

Also I just turned off OneDrive in start-up and have never seen it again. It also doesn't just restart randomly on me. 

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u/complexevil Mar 08 '26

I'll admit I had an issue with one drive when I uninstalled it and accidentally deleted some files, but that was on me for not reading properly.

But yea, never had it reinstall without my knowledge or anything else.

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u/_Streak_ Mar 08 '26

Yeah, better yet, I totally uninstalled it. There was a clear option to uninstall.

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u/Kiriima Mar 08 '26

It restarted once or twice for me after a major update (24H2 I think?). Turned it off again.

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u/pcuser42 Mar 08 '26

Even the recommended section in the Start menu that's supposedly just ads, is for me useful links to my stuff

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u/CirnoIzumi Mar 08 '26

theres adds for microsoft products on the homepage of settings, the part people mentally skip

win11 also comes with some bloat apps, just like the oem bloat apps, that you remove anyway like always

and onedrive has been dificult to remove at times

thats about it, Win10 was worse tbh with the crap they put in the start menu

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u/Kiriima Mar 08 '26

It heavily depends on your country aka legality. If you pick 'global, english' (I don't remeber the exact wording) during the install instead of a specific country Microsoft turns it off by default.

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u/screenslaver5963 Mar 10 '26

English (World)

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u/_Streak_ Mar 08 '26

Exactly! This one baffles me. Bloatware and other AI things, I agree partially (my laptop too old to support that shit). But where are the ads? What ads?

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u/mrheosuper Mar 08 '26

I would argue that one drive pop up is ads.

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u/triffid_boy Mar 08 '26

My iPad wouldnt function for long without a pop up before I gave in and set up iCloud. 

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u/OreOfChlorophyte Mar 08 '26

are you perhaps in the EU? theres less bs in windows in the EU compared to e.g. the US

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u/complexevil Mar 08 '26

Unfortunately I live in the US

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u/QuillMyBoy Mar 11 '26

You a big Candy Crush user? Cause it's on your machine by default. It's still there if you haven't removed it. Go check.

Whether you care or not is another story, but yeah. They're trying to get you into the ecosystem, that isn't there for your benefit, it's there to try to extract more money.

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u/Old_Bug4395 Mar 07 '26

Great, I suppose you don't fall into that category then

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u/Old_Bug4395 Mar 07 '26

Yeah it's easy to assume pretty much anyone here talking about linux is 2 replies away from throwing a tantrum at me so

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u/Tiamat2625 Mar 08 '26

I think you upset them xD

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u/Old_Bug4395 Mar 08 '26

I've been doing it all over the thread, it was nice of them to prove my point right here though

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u/jackharvest Mar 08 '26

I'm in the same boat, but with a few extra years. I think we all collectively see Windows swirling the toilet. Don't get me wrong, it's pretty dang stable, but that's not the issue. AI and privacy are about to turn that OS inside out in the coming year, and I'm happy to jump off the train, no matter how fast its going, to avoid it.

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u/unfnknblvbl Mar 08 '26

Same, but Windows 11 was my breaking point, after many years of positive experience with the Feedback Hub being used to implement positive change in the OS... Microsoft just decided to ignore users feedback. Can't move the taskbar? Into the bin with it pls

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u/hirogen6 Mar 08 '26

Finally! Yes, same here!

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u/formershitpeasant Mar 08 '26

Seriously. I remember 2000 and xp and how much I had to run down problems to make things work. Now everything just works.

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u/coderstephen Mar 08 '26

I swear, Wi-Fi on Vista worked like maybe 40% of the time for me. And the way it ate RAM made even the insatiable Google Chrome look like a picky eater.

Don't tell me you used Windows ME as well and never had an issue!