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Isn’t it time we declared our independence from bloatware?
So you’ve just bought the best Windows laptop, you’ve gritted your teeth through Cortana’s obnoxiously cheery setup narration, and the above screenshot is the Start menu you’re presented with. Exactly how special do you feel as you watch the tiles animating and blinking at you like a slots machine? I’ll tell you how I felt as I was getting to grips with the Huawei MateBook X Pro for the first time: perplexed.
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... and again, another great reason for users to switch to Linux. My old low-specced laptop (2G ram) runs really fast on Linux Lite without all the Microsoft bloatware. I doubt it could even run Windows 10 without grinding to a halt!
That's so true. My oldish 8 gig Dell has had Ubuntu on it since I got the thing and slapped it on there since I have not used Windows in 13 years. Most people using Android don't even know they are using a Linux distro. I'll be putting Ubuntu MATE LTS on it next month if a friend can't convince me to go with Mint.