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Microsoft Layoffs and Proprietary Stuff Promoted for or by Microsoft
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India Times ☛ Microsoft’s chief product officer has a message for coders, after company laid off over 2,000 software engineers [Ed: The real number is vastly higher and there's a lot more on the way]
Aparna Chennapragada, Microsoft's CPO of experiences and devices, said she "fundamentally disagrees" with the notion that people shouldn't study computer science, comments that take on new significance following the company's second-largest layoff in its history.
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XDA ☛ 5 tweaks I make to make Windows play nicer in a Linux dual-boot setup [Ed: It'll never play nice]
Dual-booting is fun and surprisingly easy. I have managed to dual-boot Linux and Windows on a fairly old PC and haven’t faced many issues. However, the experience is not always smooth. I often find that the two operating systems try to override each other. Sometimes, I do not get the option to boot into Linux, as Windows takes the liberty of starting up on its own. Other times, Linux does the same.
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It's FOSS ☛ Installing VS Code on Arch GNU/Linux Takes Some Thinking [Ed: Once again the site called "It's FOSS" is pushing proprietary Microsoft spyware; this is really bad]
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Open Source Initiative ☛ End of 10: The Open Source alternative to forced obsolescence [Ed: Microsoft mole Nick Vidal in Microsoft-bribed OSI explains what end of Vista 10 means]