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Long time Linux user being forced to use Windows occasionally...I don't know how you folks stand it. It feels like every time I boot it I get half dozen notifi

Long time Linux user being forced to use Windows occasionally...I don't know how you folks stand it. It feels like every time I boot it I get half dozen notifications, ads disguised as security, telling me I need to restart now even though I just booted it. Maybe it's my own ignorance, but wow. Outlook is a killer application, I agree. The web version is actually pretty useable IMO, so much so that it's all I use anymore. Evolution is an open source Outlooky application that I used to use and does work quite well, if you prefer native. Printing to Dymo should be possible, I did a cursory search and a few people seem to have gotten it to work. Won't be as straightforward as Windows, I'm sure. I think the biggest thing missing in Linux is Excel, which luckily I don't use or need to use these days. The LibreOffice equivalent is nowhere near as easy to use IMO. Anyone who uses Excel heavily I probably wouldn't promote Linux to.

anakaine 4y ago
Sounds like your Windows install sucks. Pro or Enterprise version has minimal to no nags or shenanigans. Do not run the home version if you can help it.
dmfdmf 4y ago
Exactly what I want to avoid. I see updates roll in and then suddenly there is "News and Info" app on the tool bar that pops up randomly to make sure you stay connected to the the borg. I don't need nor want this. Also, as I mentioned, I don't want to be on Windows as they turn the screws to lock it down and farm/spy on me. The precursor to this is MS had an S-Mode version of Win10 when it first came out which blocked you from installing anything not from the MS store but you could disable it. How long will that be an option, Win12? In any case, I am out and probably going to move to Linux before the end of the year. My primary PC is Win8.1, a Win7 bench PC for cloning and a Win10 laptop for service work. I did some research already and Dymo kinda-sorta has support for Linux drivers and others got it working so I am hopeful.

anakaine 4y ago

Sounds like your Windows install sucks. Pro or Enterprise version has minimal to no nags or shenanigans. Do not run the home version if you can help it.

dmfdmf 4y ago

Exactly what I want to avoid. I see updates roll in and then suddenly there is "News and Info" app on the tool bar that pops up randomly to make sure you stay connected to the the borg. I don't need nor want this. Also, as I mentioned, I don't want to be on Windows as they turn the screws to lock it down and farm/spy on me. The precursor to this is MS had an S-Mode version of Win10 when it first came out which blocked you from installing anything not from the MS store but you could disable it. How long will that be an option, Win12? In any case, I am out and probably going to move to Linux before the end of the year. My primary PC is Win8.1, a Win7 bench PC for cloning and a Win10 laptop for service work. I did some research already and Dymo kinda-sorta has support for Linux drivers and others got it working so I am hopeful.