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That stupid weather widget and the Xbox overlay randomly popping up, completely disabling input without an obvious way to get out (some random win key combo), f
by akiselev 5y ago
That stupid weather widget and the Xbox overlay randomly popping up, completely disabling input without an obvious way to get out (some random win key combo), finally drove me to dump Windows as a daily driver. It even drove me to get some real work done on my passion project so I'd never have to use a Windows VM for CAD ever again.
I lived through Micro$oft but I was too inexperienced to understand the hate directed towards Microsoft. It's ironic that I only started to feel it now that they've changed their tune on the open source/dev stuff.
To add insult to injury, shortly after, I got an email with this subject line from google:
*> akiselev, take the next step on your Linux by confirming your Google Account settings
- user5994461 5y agoTo turn off the weather. Right click on the task bar, news and interests, turn off.
- TheAdamAndChe 5y agoIf only that were the only step to stop the new Windows install spam.
- moogly 5y agoWhat Xbox overlay and what weather widget? Running 21H1 and never seen any of those.
- hcs 5y agoWindows Logo Key + G, the "Xbox Game Bar".
- moogly 5y agoAh, I see. Well. I disabled that the first time I installed Windows 10, back... I don't know how many years ago. It's still disabled. Also, maybe the fact that I uninstalled all pre-installed apps I knew would never use made it so I skipped out on future weather widgets. I don't have a weather app for instance, because I'll just look out my window instead.
- fomine3 5y agoXbox Game Bar is not annoying like other crap, but useful even if you don't gaming. It can be used to screen recording feature.