....and of course, this time being Labour, it will benefit the working man in the street - - - NOT.
Posts by navarac
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UK dumps £2.5 billion into fusion pipe dream that's already cost millions
Microsoft cuts the Windows 11 bloat for Xbox handhelds
Microsoft rolls out Windows 11 Start Menu updates

Re: It's CLEAR that when they let the DEVs egos get in the way, the end user's get the shaft
<< I think that it's the "Coloured Pencil department" that is the problem, not the Devs. <<
Devs; what Devs? Mainly the Interns in the Coloured Pencil Dept, usually with their pencils up in the darkness!
Musk and Trump take slap fight public as bromance ends
Microsoft will stop pestering Windows users about Edge in EU
LinkedIn CEO takes on second gig to lead Microsoft Office and M365 Copilot
Microsoft's plain text editor gets fancy as Notepad gains formatting options
More layoffs at Microsoft as axe falls in Washington
US to deny visas to foreign officials it says 'censor' social media
Three ways to run Windows apps on a Linux box

Re: Some Of This Sounds Like Heavy Lifting!
<< May I suggest asking around for Windows users who are replacing their hardware >>
I reckon come October (2025) there will be a good number of Windows 10 (non-W11 capable) machines available. I would not be surprised if some entrepreneur didn't buy a ton, install Linux on them, and try to make a killing.
Microsoft set to pull the plug on Bing Search APIs in favor of AI alternative
German court parks four Volkswagen execs in jail over Dieselgate scandal
Ex-Meta exec: Copyright consent obligation = end of AI biz
Some signs of AI model collapse begin to reveal themselves
Microsoft dumps AI into Notepad as 'Copilot all the things' mania takes hold in Redmond
Trump threatens to add formal Apple Tax on top of the 'Apple tax'
Signal shuts the blinds on Microsoft Recall with the power of DRM
Lenovo thought it could surf geopolitics, until Trump's sudden tariff changes
Latest patch leaves some Windows 10 machines stuck in recovery loops

Surprised
I am really, REALLY, surprised that people put up with this shenanigans anymore. It is every week at least that this shit happens. I mean, either Microsoft should stop the faffing about and try and de-bug the crap out of Windows, or customers (victims?) should seriously consider alternatives. I wonder shareholders don't push for Nadella's P45 (firing for our US cousins).
Microsoft pulls MS365 Business Premium from nonprofits

If you need a reason....
If anyone really needs a reason to think again about using this avaricious American company, this must it. After all the profit they made in the last quarter, a little bit of charity would not hurt, or perhaps their AI vision is beginning to crumble and Nadella is running scared of his bonus crashing as well? Talk about luring the vulnerable into a corner for profit.
Microsoft winnows: Layoffs hit software engineers hard

Software Engineers laid off
Here's an idea for the shareholders. Instead of laying off software engineers, how about laying off the Hype-AI Dept; i.e. AI-Nadella, Marketing, and BS advertising sales execs. That might get back to some semblance of normality. Perhaps it's because they don't even pretend to be a software company. "MicroSoft" should be renamed "MegaBsAI".
Microsoft blows deadline for special Azure for EU hosters
Linux kernel to drop 486 and early 586 support
Microsoft moved the goalposts once. Will Windows 12 bring another shift?

Re: Microsoft Monopoly Must End
<< Microsoft supports OS for 10 years of the date of launch. Sometimes they even exceed these terms (see winXP). Win10 in that respect is no different than Win 8.1, Win7, Win Vista, WinXP and Win2000 before it.... >>
That doesn't mean that because they've got away with before, it is the right thing to do - again. These days of environmental awareness, at least outside the US, should shake some sense into Microsoft. I don't see it happening, though.

Re: Reasons not to upgrade to Windows 12
<< I was using insiders releases of Windows for years... >>
At first I thought I was reading something I'd written!! Insider's Builds under Gabe Aul were great. Then Donna S ( a fashionista!) took over. A/B Testing was a camels back straw, a lot of builds had nothing in them ( A/B.../Z testing). Feedback was ignored and it all got a sob story. Windows 10 was my last Windows ever, Windows 11 has been banned and with the pathetic state of 24H2; I'm glad. 2020 saw Microsoft Windows given the "diskpart" treatment and I'm so thankful when I read the articles on this site. Windows 12 will be more of the same, and with luck, Windows 13 (they'll give that title a miss I'm sure) will be its total demise.
Microsoft has lost the plot. Windows is no longer an OS; it is an all-in-one Microshaft advertising, money grabbing, mega-app, built by interns and not fit for purpose anymore.
To repeat the comment above by "tracker1": Most people not playing games with invasive anti cheat or locked into Adobe products are fine on Linux.
30 percent of some Microsoft code now written by AI - especially the new stuff
Microsoft wants us to believe AI will crack practical fusion power, driving future AI
Microsoft updates the Windows 11 Start Menu

Re: Settings
<< No, of course now is "let's make it AI based!!!" >>
Because that brain dead idiot Satya Nadella, has only the letters A and I stuck in his pathetic brain. The rest of the alphabet, he's forgotten. These 2 letters MUST be shoe-horned into every line of code that the Interns he employs, writes. It will all end in tears, I reckon.
Windows 11 24H2 now 'broadly available' ... complete with yet another 'known issue'
Microsoft tries to knife passwords once and for all - at least for consumers
Red, white, and blew it? Trump tariffs may cost America the AI race
Open Document Format turns 20, but Microsoft Office still reigns supreme
Microsoft to preload Word minutes after boot

Why?
There has to be a suspect reason, maybe to load AI/Copilot shit first, before you can stop it. Is Microsoft's telemetry showing more users using LO now, then? Strange; because Microsoft's uneducated lot when it comes to explaining stuff, wouldn't know how to process words in the first place!
Windows profanity filter finally gets a ******* off switch
Microsoft pitches pay-to-patch reboot reduction subscription for Windows Server 2025
Windows isn't an OS, it's a bad habit that wants to become an addiction

Re: Windows and I...
I started using Linux Mint on a spare laptop at the start of the Pandemic, when I had more time to myself! After about 3 months I found I was using Linux far more than Windows, and by 6 months I was hardly using Windows except for the odd game. 6 years on and the Windows PCs (3) have all been long purged of the scam that is Windows. I feel Windows is no longer an OS. It is a marketing vehicle to extract more and more cash and data out of its users. It has become a "Total App" and has no place on my systems. With Linux, I spend no time fighting a Windows system that every week installs a flawed update, or an unwanted bloat package gets added. My commiserations to those poor souls who have to suffer Windows, as it seems to get worse and worse each and every weekly "update" (update in quotes as it is anything but). Obviously Microsoft is totally deaf to its users.
AI training license will allow LLM builders to pay for content they consume
Microsoft Copilot shows up even when it's not wanted

Re: CoPilot reminds me of the Windows 10 forced upgrade
<< ...the Windows 10 forced upgrade you mentioned above was when- around a decade ago- it reached the point of explicit disregard for and downright abusive behaviour towards the end users.... >>
...and when I started seriously thinking about a move to Linux. By the pandemic, the "covid" that is Microsoft, had been totally purged. Now it is just an unpleasant memory.