Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron | Op-ed: PC makers used to need to bring their own add-on bloatware—no longer.::Op-ed: PC makers used to need to bring their own add-on bloatware—no longer.

  • DefederateLemmyMl@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    It wasn’t because Corporate decided to use their OS to force their app store or cloud services onto people.

    Ubuntu and the snap store say hi!

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      1 year ago

      I run Slackware, so no snaps, systemd, etc. It just does as it’s told.

      • DefederateLemmyMl@feddit.nl
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        1 year ago

        Good on you, I was a long time slackware user myself. I just wanted to make the point that just using any Linux doesn’t suffice to escape these shennanigans, the choice of distro matters as well.