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Pick your flavor of Linux: https://distrowatch.com https://distrowatch.com. I recommend Xubuntu, but whatever, as long as it's not Windows 10.

ModernMech 6y ago
Linux distros aren't exactly immune to this kinds of thing. Remember this? https://lifehacker.com/how-to-remove-amazon-ads-from-ubuntu-12-10-5953180 https://lifehacker.com/how-to-remove-amazon-ads-from-ubuntu-...
- Symbiote 6y ago
  That was once, on one distribution, 8 years ago.
  - AdrianB1 6y ago
    The article on the Verge is also 3 years old.
- black_puppydog 6y ago
  1. So you could disable them entirely? --> Not the same situation then, is it? 2. Choose any other distro and be done. I was very unhappy about the shopping lens, but these two don't really play in the same league.
  - ModernMech 6y ago
    I don't have any ads on my Windows 10 desktop, so how is it not the same? Apparently I must have disabled them all. The implication of throwing up a link to distrowatch and claiming "pick a flavor" is that you won't have this kind of issue with Linux. When in fact even if you choose a distro without ads you may find yourself upgrading one day and surprise! There are ads all of a sudden!
- blibble 6y ago
  so as a consumer where can I get a copy of the version of Windows without the ads?
  - modzu 6y ago
    debian with wine
noncoml 6y ago
Sadly the year of Linux on the desktop has yet to arrive. Last time I tried a Linux distro on my NUC6i7KYK wifi was going down every few minutes, despite upgrading to latest drivers and support for 200% magnification of the UI on my 4k monitor was pretty bad.
- modzu 6y ago
  debian. its here.
  - noncoml 6y ago
    Tried Debian first actually. Problems as described above.
    - modzu 6y ago
      when? i have a 4k on 1080ti and its money
- zrm 6y ago
  The Linux driver situation will be the same until it becomes more popular. Most hardware works and some doesn't, and older hardware works better than newer hardware because popular hardware whose vendors suck often have better drivers produced by the community eventually. This is only a minor inconvenience because it means you have to choose the right hardware. It becomes a major inconvenience if you choose the wrong hardware, but nobody is forcing you to do that and you can always sell your thing and buy a different thing.
  - modzu 6y ago
    this
  - noncoml 6y ago
    > This is only a minor inconvenience because it means you have to choose the right hardware. It becomes a major inconvenience if you choose the wrong hardware So, year of linux on the desktop is not here yet..
ohazi 6y ago
Ubuntu did this for a while with embedded Amazon ads, and this cycle they seem to be experimenting with Windows 10 style non-negotiable automatic updates on their schedule via the Snap store. I highly recommend Linux, but I'd go with something else (Debian, Fedora, Arch, depending on your comfort level), at least until they correct this mistake.

ModernMech 6y ago

Linux distros aren't exactly immune to this kinds of thing. Remember this? https://lifehacker.com/how-to-remove-amazon-ads-from-ubuntu-12-10-5953180 https://lifehacker.com/how-to-remove-amazon-ads-from-ubuntu-...

Symbiote 6y ago
That was once, on one distribution, 8 years ago.
- AdrianB1 6y ago
  The article on the Verge is also 3 years old.
black_puppydog 6y ago
1. So you could disable them entirely? --> Not the same situation then, is it? 2. Choose any other distro and be done. I was very unhappy about the shopping lens, but these two don't really play in the same league.
- ModernMech 6y ago
  I don't have any ads on my Windows 10 desktop, so how is it not the same? Apparently I must have disabled them all. The implication of throwing up a link to distrowatch and claiming "pick a flavor" is that you won't have this kind of issue with Linux. When in fact even if you choose a distro without ads you may find yourself upgrading one day and surprise! There are ads all of a sudden!
blibble 6y ago
so as a consumer where can I get a copy of the version of Windows without the ads?
- modzu 6y ago
  debian with wine

noncoml 6y ago

Sadly the year of Linux on the desktop has yet to arrive. Last time I tried a Linux distro on my NUC6i7KYK wifi was going down every few minutes, despite upgrading to latest drivers and support for 200% magnification of the UI on my 4k monitor was pretty bad.

modzu 6y ago
debian. its here.
- noncoml 6y ago
  Tried Debian first actually. Problems as described above.
  - modzu 6y ago
    when? i have a 4k on 1080ti and its money
zrm 6y ago
The Linux driver situation will be the same until it becomes more popular. Most hardware works and some doesn't, and older hardware works better than newer hardware because popular hardware whose vendors suck often have better drivers produced by the community eventually. This is only a minor inconvenience because it means you have to choose the right hardware. It becomes a major inconvenience if you choose the wrong hardware, but nobody is forcing you to do that and you can always sell your thing and buy a different thing.
- modzu 6y ago
  this
- noncoml 6y ago
  > This is only a minor inconvenience because it means you have to choose the right hardware. It becomes a major inconvenience if you choose the wrong hardware So, year of linux on the desktop is not here yet..

ohazi 6y ago

Ubuntu did this for a while with embedded Amazon ads, and this cycle they seem to be experimenting with Windows 10 style non-negotiable automatic updates on their schedule via the Snap store. I highly recommend Linux, but I'd go with something else (Debian, Fedora, Arch, depending on your comfort level), at least until they correct this mistake.