Note 155 Microsoft Now Thirstily Injects A Poll When You Download Google Chrome

How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Google Chrome download in Microsoft’s Edge web browser? How many times will the company try to steer me away?

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https://www.theverge.com/23930960/microsoft-edge-google-chrome-poll-why-try-another-browser

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Note 041 Microsoft Wants To Teach You How To Install Linux

I never thought I’d be leaning on Microsoft to teach me how to install Linux, but here we are. The Windows maker quietly published a support page with instructions on how to install Linux on, presumably, a machine that once used Windows. The Register caught on to the page’s existence and, honestly, the step-by-step is legit. Microsoft even mentions installing a few of the most popular distros.

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https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-wants-to-teach-you-how-to-install-linux-1850919560

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Pad53 Tumblr Archive:

Did you know that Pad53.com is directly connected to it's associated blog on Tumblr right here where each post here gets shared there? It sure is, and has been since Note 190 was posted in October 2023. Each post since then from this website after that is posted in the archive on Tumblr. How this benefits you is that when looking at the archive on Tumblr, you can get a condensed view of what content has been posted. You also get to see photos and other content that has been posted on Tumblr. I have broken the archive down into monthly links for your convenience below.

Fun fact: Pad53.com also automatically shares it's posts to Mastodon and Facebook, however there is no archive there. You can subscribe to Pad53 on all of these platforms to keep up with new posts. Find the links to Pad53's social media pages below. I will update the links above each month so that you have direct access to the content monthly.

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