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Start menu ads are officially here with the latest Windows 11 optional update (www.xda-developers.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 6 months ago (14 children)

So far, the toggle is built in:

Either way, these recommendations can be disabled by going into the Windows 11 Settings app, so you can avoid them. However, app recommendations are tied to other content in this section, so you'll miss out on some features by turning it off.

Not sure what else will be "missed". But, my guess is they will be "missed" in the same way that one misses a case of chlamydia.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (6 children)

Really. My start menu has been nagging me "To show your recent files and new apps, turn them on in Settings." since the day I installed Windows 11. Why would I want the start menu randomly changing? I wish you could just turn the section off completely instead of breaking it and making it smaller.

Everybody hates Windows 8 but the Windows UI peaked at 8.1.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Agreed 8 gave me a headache but 8.1 was probably my favorite. Oh well at least we still have Linux, about to switch, is Fedora a good place to start?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Fedora is good for servers and corporate environments, Mint is good for a familiar desktop, Ubuntu is good for mac users.

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