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Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA
(ostechnix.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
They've been showing ads in the start menu for years now. Since windows 8 honestly.
I hadn't seen a single ad until a few months ago. I had snagged a copy of Windows 10 Pro (and Windows 7 Pro before that) from my workplace so I imagine it was debloated to an extent.