cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3405817

Have to use Windows for work (I've asked), the ads have been getting worse and worse on my work laptop. Today got a game ad notification... That's clearly too far, right? Like I have to clear notifications, so I have to see it

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[–] 5 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

If you can Install Ubuntu and use Windows on a VirtualBox as a guest.

Non-techy colleagues cannot tell whether it's a virtualized OS or not.

Microsoft as a company profit over its users obsessively

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    One can directly install ubuntu on hyper-v, without any additional 3rd party tools. They just need hyper-v enabled (it's installed by default). It's not user friendly, it's the usual gui mess as one could expect from a ms product. But at least it's preinstalled, which is convenient for a work laptop.

    Whether IT security department would allow this... It's another story

    Edit. Fixed typo

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