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Microsoft won’t let you close OneDrive on Windows until you explain yourself (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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This is Microsoft’s latest annoying addition to Windows.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Absolutely. Unfortunately a lot of software still only works on Windows. Particularly in industrial settings.

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

Yeah, but the more customers demand Linux versions, the more likely companies will be to produce them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's true, but getting a critical mass to do that with industrial software is like pulling teeth out your toenails. Most of the people writing it only know Windows.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dual booting is always an option

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Until Windows updates and overwrites the boot manager.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Or you install rEFInd and bypass this issue completely.