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Microsoft wants to hide the 'Sign out' button in Windows 11 behind a Microsoft 365 ad (www.neowin.net)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (4 children)

This sound like something they would totally do.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago

So they want people to pull the plug instead of signing out properly. If they don't can this before it leaves the Beta Channel, they're going to need to beef up their tech support, because the many office workers who use Windows mostly as a launcher for Excel won't have a clue.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I want my power button to cut off the power instantly. I want my log off button to be instant. Add any delay and I start pulling cables!!!!!!!!!

I got to go, lock this computer, so I can do a thing! Oh shit, its not locking... fuck... Security says I can't leave a unlocked console.... POWER!

Adding needless friction is terrible! Don't do it.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

At work, when I did desktop support, the number of people who would just hit their power bar when they left every day...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

Alpha move right there

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Is that bad for the computer? Because I didn't even think about this in a corporate environment until your comment. All our employees would be pulling cords or batteries, they all march out at exactly 430.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

any unwritten data would be lost, perhaps some file system updates get out of sync, but it shouldn't be a big problem.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (5 children)

It is very easy to corrupt files doing this.

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[–] [email protected] 97 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (11 children)

Linux and Nvidia really need to sort out their shit so I can fully dump windows.

Luckily the AI hype is good for something in this regard, since running gpus on Linux servers is suddenly much more important.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (28 children)

how long is having a GPU you can't use without an OS going to he worth staying off Linux?

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The only thing keeping me on windows is the Nvidia GPU in my laptop. If Linux got actual dynamic GPU switching support I would delete windows and never look back.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Bazzite has an image that includes integrated chip swapping on my nitro 5

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago (5 children)

it has that? You can use the nvidia utility to enable that on most any distro, or just use Pop_OS! 24.04 when it releases.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago

Ewe 😆

[–] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

I've held off on saying it until now (I haven't), but now I'm going to call it (again):

This is the year of the Linux Desktop.

(It feels like someone influential at Microsoft is trying to protect my reputation and force my prediction to come true.)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I setup my ROG Ally to dual boot Linux about a week ago and have had plugged into a monitor and I have not had any issues using it in desktop mode. If not for Easy Anti-cheat I’d being a thing I wouldn’t have much reason to keep windows on my main pc.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I finally switched my gaming rig two weeks ago. Been great so far, except VR and I'll admit, the Xbox Game Pass missing...I wish gog or someone would come up with something like it, because there have been a lot of games I started and didn't finish because they just haven't been my cup of tea...

Now if Autodesk would get their shit together as well, things could be happening at work as well.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think subscription would go against gog and its DRM policy (how would they enforce a subscription period without DRM), specially because gog is like the last place where we can have something that resembles owning a game nowadays.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

When will VR be a thing in Linux?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

The Quest is Android based, which is Linux based, so kinda if you're cool with two layers of megacorp between you and the kernel.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Windows key + L

Try and put an as on my keyboard ya stupid fucks

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's the lock screen combo, not sign out. To quickly sign out: win+x, u, i. i can be replaced with u for shutdown or r for restart.