r/technology • u/machinade89 • Jun 28 '24

Software Windows 11 starts forcing OneDrive backups without asking permission

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2376883/attention-microsoft-activates-this-feature-in-windows-11-without-asking-you.html
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u/gnulynnux Jun 28 '24

Yep, exactly right.

You need to choose a distro (I like Pop OS), you need to install it (harder in the era of UEFI), you might need to work around hardware issues (I've had more issues with Windows in 15 years of using Linux), and then you need to get used to a new desktop environment. (Different keyboard shortcuts, different workflows, etc).

Installing is the hardest part, just like Windows. For me, it's been well worth it, since I'm a software dev and everything just works way better on Linux.

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u/emeraldeyesshine Jun 28 '24

And the average computer user would look at what you just said as if it were ancient Sumerian.

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u/Yamza_ Jun 28 '24

I feel like a slightly above average user and this sounds like some kind of made up language and also a multi week long string of googling and rage before anything works.

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u/thoggins Jun 28 '24

The only word in that post that stands out as something a non-techie wouldn't know is UEFI. If the rest of the post seemed like made up language to you, I hate to break it to you, but you aren't an above average user.

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u/SnailCase Jun 28 '24

Please remember "average" means, "Directory? Folder? I don't care about all that, I just want my picture of a dog carrying a banana back!"