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Look! No ads!

Take back control. Choose Plasma.

(Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu: https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/12/24128640/microsoft-windows-11-start-menu-ads-app-recommendations)

#Windows #Windows11 #Plasma6 #Microsoft

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[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 36 points 7 months ago

I want Microsoft to go back to the good old days, when the desktop wasn't cluttered with ads and product placement!

Windows 95 desktop showcasing Active Desktop and web portals to different companies and online services.

[-] NaoPb@eviltoast.org 14 points 7 months ago

I like your sarcasm. But I do want to go back to that interface.

[-] johnlogic@sfba.social 2 points 7 months ago

@NaoPb @aeronmelon

I prefer a graphical user interface free free from advertisements also.

For the last decade, I've been using primarily Linux (which I started to experiment with more than 20 years ago). I also use some older Apple OS X systems and occasionally boot a workstation running Windows 7 (but that's the dunce sitting in the corner).

[-] minecraftchest1@social.opendesktop.org 9 points 7 months ago

@aeronmelon
And half finished programs that manage to both superseded the program it replaces, while still not having all of the features of the original.
@kde

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

I miss XP SP3. Absolutely the best Windows OS made.

[-] AtariDump@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

It’s up there with Windows 7.

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

I don't know. Doesn't look nearly as cool as my XP desktop with custom themes did.

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 4 points 7 months ago

I would love to bring back xp

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

https://alternativeto.net/software/windows-xp/?platform=linux

I assume there's a decent chance that there are some Linux users that would feel similarly since there are 25 distros that are similar to XP

Edit: re: your username, if you haven't read Robert Aspirin's Myth series, starting with Another fine Myth, you really should do yourself a favor and read them. They're spoof fantasy. Funny and magical.

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Cheers, I'll a look at both the page and the book

[-] namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 3 points 7 months ago

Win98 had themes, and they were absolutely fantastic!!

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