Two Windows 11 Start Buttons?! Microsoft’s Learning Center AI FAIL

Two Windows 11 Start Buttons?! Microsoft’s Learning Center AI FAIL

For once it really is a feature, not a bug.
Neowin: Microsoft: KB5079473 breaks internet access to Windows 11 Teams, Edge, OneDrive, Copilot
Microsoft breaks Microsoft account sign-ins in Windows 11 with latest update
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/20/microsoft_account_not_working_have/
Germany's Sovereign Digital Stack Mandates ODF: a Landmark Validation of Open Document Standards
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/19/germanys-sovereign-digital-stack-mandates-odf/
Figthing Microsoft one odf at a time. Friends dont share docx.

The Document Foundation (TDF), the non-profit entity behind LibreOffice, welcomes the inclusion of the Open Document Format (ODF) as a mandated standard format in Germany’s Deutschland-Stack, the federal government’s sovereign digital infrastructure framework for all public administrations. The Stack, published by the German Federal Ministry for Digital and State Modernisation (Bundesministerium für Digitales und Staatsmodernisierung), establishes the technical standards for a shared, interoperable and sovereign digital infrastructure serving all Germany’s public administrations. Under the framework’s “Semantic Technologies and Real-Time Analytics” pillar, ODF and PDF/UA are explicitly named as the two mandated document formats, to the exclusion of proprietary alternatives. “This is not a recommendation or a preference, it is a mandate,” said Florian Effenberger, Executive Director of The Document Foundation. “Germany’s decision to anchor ODF at the heart of its national sovereign stack confirms what we have argued for years: open, vendor-neutral document formats are not a niche concern for some technology specialists and FOSS advocates. They are a fundamental infrastructure for democratic, interoperable and sovereign public administrations.” The Deutschland-Stack is grounded in a set of principles that align with TDF’s long-standing advocacy positions. The framework adopts a “Made in EU first” principle, requires open interfaces and local data storage,
#Windows should become a little bit less shitty as it is:
#Microsoft finally makes a few concrete promises about #Windows11 improvements
https://www.osnews.com/story/144638/microsoft-finally-makes-a-few-concrete-promises-about-windows-11-improvements/
Well, if you would like to avoid #operatingsystem (OS) #enshittification, I really recommend getting in touch to your local #FOSS community and run #Linux on your machine.
It's almost perfectly shit-free, you can update the whole OS as well as all(!) applications with one command any time YOU decide, it runs much faster (yes, even many Windows apps including most #games if you can invest some efforts here), doesn't require you to switch hardware after a couple of years, doesn't suck out any personal data of you, and doesn't force #AI slob onto you.
Not to mention the huge difference in #security.
Take back control yourself and #digitalSouvereignity will follow.
Si alguien de #españa está intentando descargar archivos #PARES pueden utilizar el script que armé, la interfaz del sitio es una mierda honestamente, no la entendí.
Tengo el código en dos lugares, forgejo y la caja de TP, accedan al que mejor les guste, Forgejo es como github pero no es de #microslop
d2pares - Forgejo disroot
d2pares - Caja de TP
python d2pares.py --url "/catalogo/contiene/XXXXXX"
Yo probé con este y anduvo excelente
/catalogo/contiene/116999
Y el comando que usé fuépython d2pares.py --url "/catalogo/contiene/116999" --dir-fotos "~/Pictures/D2PARES"
Cualquier error me dicen, saludos desde Argentina.
The Engineer Who Put Age Verification Into Linux
Dylan M. Taylor, useful idiot with commit access, pushed age verification PRs to systemd, Ubuntu & Arch, got 2 Microslop employees to merge it, called it 'hilariously pointless' in the PR itself, then watched Lennart Poettering personally block the revert.
https://www.sambent.com/the-engineer-who-tried-to-put-age-verification-into-linux-5/
#Linux #AgeVerification #software #FOSS #Microsoft #Microslop #technology

Dylan, useful idiot with commit access, pushed age verification PRs to systemd, Ubuntu & Arch, got 2 Microslop employees to merge it, called it 'hilariously pointless' in the PR itself, then watched Lennart personally block the revert. Unpaid compliance simp.
Aaaaargh, schlimm genug, dass ich mich mit #Microslop herumschlagen muss – aber das schlägt dem Fass den Boden aus: Login > #MFA via Authenticator-App streikt > „Ich kann meine Authenticator-App im Moment nicht nutzen“ > Ich bekomme zwei Optionen zur Auswahl: a) Authenticator-App oder Einmalcode aus der Authenticator-App.
Seriously, WTF!!11!!
Headline reads: "Microsoft Is Finally Ready to Make Windows 11 Less Terrible After Bloating It With AI Crap"
In skill or motivation, I can assure you that they are most certainly not ready.