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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Microsoft to force new Outlook on Windows 10 PCs
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 09:31:36 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-01-10, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:43:14 -0500, DFS wrote:
>
>> On 1/10/2025 12:37 PM, CrudeSausage wrote:
>>> <https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-to-force-
> install-new-outlook-on-windows-10-pcs-in-february/>
>>> 
>>> Microsoft will force install the new Outlook email client on Windows 10
>>> systems starting with next month's security update.
>> 
>> Another nothing burger.
>> 
>> Apparently you never noticed the deluge of apps a typical Linux distro
>> forces on you.
>
> You can pick and choose during the installation. I'll admit I go for the 
> default and get stuff like LibreOffice that I may never use on my personal 
> machines but I'm lazy. 

Same here. Except when I'm installing Linux on small SSDs (like 8 GBs on my 
Wyse Thin Clients).

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