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Microsoft is reportedly banning Palestinians in the U.S. for life for calling relatives in Gaza (www.windowscentral.com)

submitted 3 months ago by Linkerbaan@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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A BBC investigation reveals that Microsoft is permanently banning Palestinians in the U.S. and other countries who use Skype to call relatives in Gaza.

Reportedly, Microsoft has been banning and wiping the accounts of users who have leveraged Skype to contact relatives in Gaza. In some cases, email accounts over a decade old have been locked, destroying access to banking accounts, OneDrive storage, and beyond.

United States resident Salah Elsadi lost his account of over 15 years in the dragnet. "I've had this Hotmail for 15 years. They banned me for no reason, saying I have violated their terms — what terms? Tell me. I've filled out about 50 forms and called them many many times." Eiad Hametto from Saudi Arabia echoed the report, "We are civilians with no political background who just wanted to check on our families. They’ve suspended my email account that I’ve had for nearly 20 years. It was connected to all my work. They killed my life online."

Many of the users affected by the bans expressed that Microsoft may be falsely labelling them as Hamas

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[–] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 93 points 3 months ago (61 children)

This is the final nail in the coffin for me. My next PC is going to be a Linux machine.

[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 85 points 3 months ago (29 children)

Your current PC can become a Linux machine by lunchtime. What are you waiting for?

[–] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (18 children)

The last time I used a Linux PC was around 2012 with something called "Egyptian Hax" that my sister set up because she wanted me to play NetHack, so a guide would be a great start. I'm aware that WINE has gone through some vast improvements, but beyond that I don't really know where to start, what distro would be good for me, or anything else.

Edit: not getting mocked for admitting my ignorance would be a huge encouragement as well, tbh. It's hard not to be resentful when a community is hostile to new members. Calling someone a slur for not already being a part of the in group is a great way to keep people from joining. 👍

[–] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

I'm also going to recommend Linux Mint, its a really friendly beginner distro. I'll presonally recommend you do Linux Mint Debian instead of normal linux mint ~~since regular linux mint is Ubuntu based and really loves snaps.~~

The default user env is cinnimon which is going to look a lot like Windows 10 making the transition easier. If you want to install steam its literally a command line away from installing and then its ready to go. That and Steam personally pushing for Linux as a viable gaming platform there are a lot more games now that work out of the box now on steam.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Mint doesn't use snaps at all by default. It has a regular .deb repository supplemented by Flatpaks.

[–] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

Really? I swore I've been told that the regular mint uses snaps since ubuntu loves them. I haven't used mint since snaps were a thing eitherway.

[–] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I'm saving this to note down that the flavor I'm most likely to want is "Cinnamon". I didn't really understand the rest, but thank you!

[–] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

Would you like an eli5 for some stuff you'll see in the linux community/forums/etc?

I'd personally be happy to give you a quick rundown of some stuff.

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