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After 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepad
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this post was submitted on 23 Feb 2025
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I'm not even willing to use Windows for free. I have it installed w/o a license, and I haven't booted into it in... 2 years? 3? I honestly don't remember, but I haven't used Windows in any meaningful sense for >10 years, other than to test Windows-specific things.
Reject this nonsense. There are alternatives that could probably work for you, depending on your requirements.
Crys in simulator gamer. But agreed, hopefully this trend will be good for Linux use.
It's okay buddy. One of these days you'll get to eat your cake and have it too.