When will they ever learn?
I want Edge to fuck off.
#linux
If you’re stuck on Windows for work or whatever, just disable Edge’s executable in Group Policy. Let Microsoft fight Microsoft.
Why would my browser Downloader need to start again after I download other browsers?
No means no, Microsoft.
I honestly might switch to Linux. I know people say that a lot, but gaming has been the only thing keeping me on Windows.
But I’ve also come to realize I just don’t have that much free time to game any more. Most of my computer use is putting YouTube on in the background or web browsing. I still occasionally game, but Linux support keeps improving and even if I only pick Linux supported games… I still won’t have enough time to play them all.
Come on in, the water is great!
Your scenario sounds like mine. Don’t game much anymore and definitely don’t play triple A crap that requires kernel.level anti cheat. Been on bazzite for about 6 mos and everything has been great. So much better than Windows.
I said NO, Microsoft.
Stop digitally raping me.
Laughs in Linux…
They will never learn because they make Windows for Microsoft not for users. They do whatever suits them and they think will maximises profitability and their share price. They have to keep “growing” so they have to find new ways to make money.
As for the article; what shill bullshit is this?
It probably makes sense for a lot of users to have their default browser of choice open automatically at login, as most people spend the majority of their time in a web browser. Windows already automatically preloads Edge in the background by default to increase its startup performance, so it’s not a huge leap to automatically display the app itself if Windows knows you’re going to open it anyway.
No, it does not make sense to do this. Apps can be set to auto launch if users want them to. This only makes sense from the perspective of Microsoft trying to push Edge onto user so it can grow it’s market share and harvest even more data.
Why does everything microslop does feel forced?
Because they’re the Oracle of OSes. They only exist to supply lucrative corporate contracts.
This bullshit again?
SteamOS Desktop can’t arrive fast enough. Once it has, I will jump ship to either CachyOS or SteamOS, depending on what reviewers say.
Just jump to something like Bazzite and get rid of windows, don’t wait unless you have to
If you’re on a PC, SteamOS won’t give you anything that any other major distro already offers. Cachy and Bazzite are probably the most similar to SteamOS, but Fedora, Mint, Pop are all also solid choices. There’s no reason to wait for Steam to switch to Linux.
Why?
No, I can’t be bothered to read
How will you open with no exe?
I’m very glad I use Windows 10, and I have Vivaldi as my default browser. Seriously!
Between this and Lemmy, I’m ready for a switch to Linux now even though I don’t know how it works.
I’m here for any questions you may have , just pm me! I enjoy helping and I can usually break things down into easy to understand bits.
Havent touched windows at all in a year except for work. And I did try Linux back in the early 00s but I wasnt ready then (wanted to game). Its come sooooo far.
Literally the only things I can’t do: play pubg, and battlefield games. Both made by shit devs we should never support anyway. Oh, and use my Keith McMillan 12 step foot synth program on it. I have a spare junky win 10 laptop for that.
Has there been a fix for 240hz 32:9 monitors for their full refresh rate? That’s what’s stopping me.
I haven’t heard of that issue but my guess is if you had it it was related to a specific distro or am, not the Linux kernel, but I might be wrong
You ask people online and get 78 different answers, then get caught up in decision paralysis and stick with windows.
I went down this rabbit hole recently: irked about a broken Windows update, I picked up on people’s advice to try Ubuntu. To say I was disappointed doesn’t really do it justice—I was mostly just surprised that it looked and behaved exactly like the Ubuntu I had used in college in 2006.
I’m really disheartened to say that after 20 years, it’s still the same sluggish, dated, janky UI that I remembered from way back and honestly it just misses basic functionality. As a random example, there’s no way to adequately control DPI settings for two monitors and messing around with screen resolution settings breaks the entire Gnome UI to the extent that you need to reboot. Some folks here on Lemmy were saying I should install KDE or something else, but I doubted it would be a miracle fix and didn’t bother going that route.
I totally understand that it’s built by volunteers and I think that’s absolutely awesome! Personally, I just don’t think it’s for your average Joe.
Seems I really struck a nerve. Again, it’s not my intention to put linux in a bad light. I’m just sharing my not-so -great-experience that returned me to Windows.
Unfortunately, Canonical has kinda lost the plot lately - don’t take that as “all there is” that Linux offers.
That being said, KDE is a world apart from Gnome for the features it offers, it’s by fer my preferred DE, especially if you get a distro that offers plasma 6 and Wayland. I’ve been running Fedora with KDE for the last ~6 months and have been more than happy with the experience.
Went with Kubuntu as I prefer KDE, and it’s not been good on a multi monitor setup (at least with my hardware).
While I did make it further there than on some of the other distros I tried, it was still a no go.
Think I’m going to pave it and give OpenSuse another shot, just have to get some other bits sorted out.
FWIW, the broken update was fixed by reinstalling Windows, which was done by the time I finished cooking dinner with literally everything left in place. I don’t really understand the hate on Windows.
Do it! Just choose the most normie distro you can find (probably something like Mint or Ubuntu) and free yourself!
Don’t worry, none of us did until we gave it a go
Honestly the popular linux distros are pretty polished / user friendly these days. You’ll run into little issues, and you need to be at least a little bit curious / tech savvy to figure them out, but it’s nothing a little googling can’t solve typically.
Hi friend, it’s surprisingly easy to jump into. Zorin OS is a great place to start, or bazzite
Don’t be too worried about how it works, none of it is permanent, you can always reinstall windows if things go tits-up
At this day and age it works pretty much as you expect it to work. I’d recommend something like ubuntu (or kubuntu if you want it to look and feel more like windows). Something that is stable and not on the bleeding edge and mainstream so you can easily Google for help if you need it. Apart from that I think you can use a gui for pretty much anything you might need.
Little side note: the new long term support version of Ubuntu will be released this month. I’d wait for that so you have a pretty up to date version. If you need help or advice you can DM me if you like.
If you want something easy to install that has active updates I recommend Bazzite I’ve been using it for over 4 years now.
Just do it and ask questions later.
similar to mac and windows
Why stop there, you could just make a whole operating system out of it and call it EdgeOS.
Edging starts with your os
