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Re: Last Windows 11 update changed all default browser settings to Edge

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Post by tcmart14 »

lionkor wrote: post #180
Ygg2 wrote: post #42

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> Yeah, the answer is to simply not use Windows. Yeah, no. You either switch to Mac and lose 99% of your applications and some of your hardware. Or you switch to Linux and lose 90% of your applications and latest hardware; And enjoy random problems and figuring out which of hundred answers online is right. Answer could be none, because for example Wayland support for multiple monitors sucks.

Back when the 2070 came out I built a machine with that RTX 2070, i7-9700k, some new ram, some new harddrives and ssd(s), m.2 and not, etc. and I have not had any issues with Archlinux. Same experience when I bought my thinkpad L14 AMD, no issues either. Im convinced at this point that the entire "linux is bad on new hardware" is a thing of the past.

The thing here is, it never technically was. The issue in the past was vendors either writing the drivers like they do windows, but for linux, or producing technical documentation so someone could. Instead, there were lots of times years and years ago, where a lot of drivers had to be reverse engineered. So the hardware on linux being bad, was mostly and issue that at one time, no one cared to write drivers or provide the necessary information.

Re: Last Windows 11 update changed all default browser settings to Edge

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Post by rbanffy »

square_usual wrote: post #161
rbanffy wrote: post #52

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I have five Linux boxes in regular service (not counting the dozens of RPi-likes and VMs), with multiple configurations (mostly different filesystems - BtrFS, ZFS, XFS, LVM or bare metal, depending on requirements) and the only machines that give me surprises are the two Windows boxes, which, really, never do anything "weird".

Out of curiosity, what are you using so many machines for? I can imagine collecting a few, but getting regular service out of them without having a business workload of some kind seems unusual to me.

- One server that runs ad-hoc VMs for various reasons and also does heavy lifting when the laptops aren't quite well suited for it. It has a monitor, but it's almost never used like that.

- One very light (and slow by today's standards) Fedora laptop I use mostly from the couch and used to go with me to conferences.

- One reasonably sized (also old, but still snappy) Ubuntu laptop I use tethered to a desk with a keyboard and monitor.

- One that's mostly a file server that all computers on the network can see.

- One that's a "write-only" file server for backups.

Re: Last Windows 11 update changed all default browser settings to Edge

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Post by sascha_sl »

major505 wrote: post #107
adamddev1 wrote: post #35

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Unfortunately laptop driver support is often rough. I used an XPS 9343 (one marketed as supporting Ubuntu) but I faced issues with popping speaker sounds and mobile data tethering sucking GBs of data for some crazy reason.

Thats why I changed to thinkpads. They seen to use less weird hardware with no support. But I had to do some concessions. I don`t use notebooks with discrete gpus, since NVIDIA optimus have shit support.

Thinkpads have ACPI bugs that transfer to Windows too, it's amazing.

I've been using Lenovo's Legion devices instead. They don't run this horribly bloated BIOS, they run the much less critically acclaimed Insyde BIOS, but guess what, it just works. I've not had an unexpected wake-crash in years (aside from nvidia drivers with the mux switch on, but just use amdgpu instead). Desktop grade processors, weight comparable to a T420. Definitely not a device to use on the go, but very capable if you just need to carry a computer to the office.

Re: Last Windows 11 update changed all default browser settings to Edge

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Post by artemave »

ivanmontillam wrote: post #218
ur-whale wrote: post #187

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Nobody forces anyone to install an OS, but he probably meant that he was pressured into, not by someone but by the very conditions of software. My example: I had to return to Windows a while back because I rely heavily on Zoom Meetings, and Zoom in Linux is just near unusable.

Please elaborate. I've been pair programming on zoom for years (Ubuntu, i3wm). So had my colleague on Elementary and another one on Fedora. It's clearly usable.

EDIT: via native app that is

Re: Last Windows 11 update changed all default browser settings to Edge

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Post by freeqaz »

qbasic_forever wrote: post #105
pizza234 wrote: post #4

> How do you deal with Microsoft's crap on a daily basis? I don't; I develop on Linux. Ignoring this, within my very limited usage of Windows, it seems to me that MS has become increasingly more hostile over the last few years or so. To answer with something actionable: I discourage people from upgrading to Windows 11.

Advertisements in the start menu around Windows 8 was my tipping point. It's just a trashy thing to see candy crush and other crap in there that I never asked for, never could remove, etc. I went to Ubuntu and now PopOS and haven't looked back in almost 10 years. Maybe they've cleaned things up and removed the crap in later Windows but the damage is done and I'm never going back.

I'd definitely recommend checking out Arch or Manjaro if you're a developer btw. Ironically, I've had fewer issues with Linux since swapping. Simple things like being on the newest kernel tends to keep hardware issues at bay. (And switching to Pipewire has fixed all of my audio issues completely)

It's ironic that a "rolling release" OS is often more stable than a "mainstream" OS like Ubuntu. That's just been my experience over the past few years though, and I feel that it's important to help more devs realize that!

Re: Last Windows 11 update changed all default browser settings to Edge

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Post by salamandersauce »

major505 wrote: post #107
adamddev1 wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately laptop driver support is often rough. I used an XPS 9343 (one marketed as supporting Ubuntu) but I faced issues with popping speaker sounds and mobile data tethering sucking GBs of data for some crazy reason.

Thats why I changed to thinkpads. They seen to use less weird hardware with no support. But I had to do some concessions. I don`t use notebooks with discrete gpus, since NVIDIA optimus have shit support.

At least with some ThinkPad with discrete GPUs they put a BIOS option for toggling whether to use integrated graphics, discrete graphics or both which means you can avoid Optimus if you want. I've had other laptops without such an option and then you have to deal with Optimus or some other workaround. It's not perfect though because often video outputs will be routed through one card or the other so if you want to use the Displayport out you have to use discrete graphics.

Re: Last Windows 11 update changed all default browser settings to Edge

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Post by dijit »

dtx1 wrote: post #50
IiydAbITMvJkqKf wrote: post #22

Arch linux is unironically more stable than Windows 10+. Not saying it doesn't have its problems, but it has WAY less than Windows.

That strongly depends on "your" arch linux setup. My Sway/Wayland only system is not stable at all, but that's not what i need in a desktop/gaming setup

Oh interesting. I’d love to hear more about your setup.

I’m on the same stack (Sway, Arch) and it’s absolutely rock solid on a precision 5520, and has been for 4 years now.

I usually reinstall every year but I haven’t this time because everything kinda just works.

To be clear; I’m not doubting you but it’s wildly different than my experience and I would love to understand how to avoid this instability myself, if for instance you’re running strange kernel modules or a specific video card.

What machine do you have and what is breaking?

Re: Last Windows 11 update changed all default browser settings to Edge

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Post by eptcyka »

prohobo wrote: post #121
major505 wrote: post #107

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Thats why I changed to thinkpads. They seen to use less weird hardware with no support. But I had to do some concessions. I don`t use notebooks with discrete gpus, since NVIDIA optimus have shit support.

I think the new Framework laptops might be better than Thinkpads now.

I'd use one in a heartbeat if they had a trackpoint.

Re: Last Windows 11 update changed all default browser settings to Edge

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Post by magicalhippo »

rbanffy wrote: post #13

> How do you deal with Microsoft's crap on a daily basis? Any similar stories? My advice is that, unless you are developing for Windows is don't. If you need the Adobe tools, you can get them for Macs and, since M1, Macs offer a lot of bang for the buck while being a perfectly usable Unix machine, they are an excellent choice. If you don't need tools that aren't available on Linux, then Linux is a really good option.…

> If you don't need tools that aren't available on Linux, then Linux is a really good option.

The lack of a decent[1] RDP alternative has kept me away for years.

I use KDE Neon on a NUC as a secondary PC and I've been very happy with it, but without a viable RDP alternative it's a no-go as my daily driver.

Re: Last Windows 11 update changed all default browser settings to Edge

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Post by n4bz0r »

I don't get much crap on a daily basis, but that's probably due to using corporate versions of the system. For Windows 10 it's LTSC. These are seemingly more timid with the updates, and there is no ads in Start menu.

The downside is, I don't think you can buy LTSC for the personal use. Personally, I don't mind pirating, but since I buy most of the games these days, and most of the software I use has free alternatives, it would be nice to step away from using KMS (and, well, other) cracks made by fuck knows who.

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