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

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Post by Clubber »

StevePerkins wrote: post #317
projektfu wrote: post #285

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It also had weird cover art which, while artistic, was borderline NSFW and not what I wanted to have pop up every time I got in my car. Apple makes weird decisions sometimes.

I finally contacted Apple support to have the album removed, years after the fact, because I switched to Apple Music. And felt nervous about having, in my open floor plan workplace, a shirtless man tenderly caressing another shirtless man's crotch with his face every time I opened the app. There was literally no way to change this default behavior, because Apple are control freaks. As an added kicker, I stressed over…

>As an added kicker, I stressed over it for a couple of weeks first, worried about whether I was being homophobic or not.

If you would still feel uncomfortable if it were a photo of man and a woman doing the same thing on your screen in your open office at work, then no. I personally wouldn't want either in my work environment. I have a strong separation of my personal life and work. It's a simple test really, just imagine the reverse and if you feel the same way about a naked man and woman on your desktop at work, then no, you aren't being a homophobe.

Though the U2 album has become such a meme, I'm sure people would have a good laugh at Apple over it.

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

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Post by gigel82 »

I hate MS's stance on privacy like anyone else, but I have serious doubts about your post. This would be a very big thing if actually true. Most likely thing that happened was that you started Edge yourself, then clicked on the pop-up that sometimes shows up (regardless of updates installed) asking you to switch to "recommended settings" which replaces your default browser.

Yes, shitty dark patterns, but definitely not Windows Update replacing those settings behind your back.

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

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Post by Mandatum »

gruez wrote: post #376
Mandatum wrote: post #297

Thankfully LTSC 2021 was released, so I’m sitting on that until standard support ends in 5 years.

you should get IOT LTSC enterprise for 10 years support.

Unfortunately I doubt support for common applications and frameworks will continue for IoT. It’s annoying enough trying to game, although you can.

After 5 years I expect enough customisation and features/fixes available for Windows 11 to not suck.

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

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Post by izolate »

runjake wrote: post #392
lnxg33k1 wrote: post #156

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That could be removed and never come back, on the other hand i think canonical is going towards the path of Microsoft nonetheless

I fully expect Microsoft to eventually acquire Canonical, and if you pay attention to behind-the-scenes interactions between the two, it seems very likely.

I suspect something similar. They have a good partnership. While we're dreaming, I'd love to see a version of Windows with a Linux kernel. They could do what they did with Edge, replace the core with something better.

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

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Post by samstave »

jiggawatts wrote: post #136
CommanderData wrote: post #41

Windows Update uses all disk space on space limited VMs hosting various services, disabling it has become more difficult (Disabling the service doesn't work anymore, recently a helper service to restart it was released) Which has led to something a bit drastic but I haven't looked back - blocking all Windows IP's on router level for the VM address space. I still run updates every few months. Edit: If anyone want's a…

Oh, that's nothing . Windows Update can forcefully power-on a sleeping laptop, and then do 100% CPU load for a decent chunk of an hour whether you like it or not... ... while your laptop is in your laptop bag. This destroyed one laptop for me already. It very nearly caught fire on a crowded train with no way to even throw it off for safety. I keep saying: Microsoft will keep ramming this crap down people's throats un…

I had a MBP catch fire in my bed when I was asleep.

This was when Apple had already done a recall on the year/model of the machine for exploding batteries.

Apple then help the laptop for ~2months in the flagship union square store whike they 'investigated'

After 2 months, they told me that at some point in the laptops history a moisture sensor was set-off and thus, they would not honor the recall, nor the fact it caught fire in my bed and told me I was free to purchase another macbook at full price.

I have never bought a new apple product since. I never will.

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

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Post by cuteboy19 »

dmead wrote: post #305
qbasic_forever wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

To be fair, Ubuntu also has had advertisements in the menus.

And so does firefox

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

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Post by runjake »

tata71 wrote: post #398
runjake wrote: post #392

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I fully expect Microsoft to eventually acquire Canonical, and if you pay attention to behind-the-scenes interactions between the two, it seems very likely.

Link or two to get me started?

I don't want to generate unwanted interest or drama for specific people by pasting links to mailing lists.

You can Google for "microsoft (buy|acquire) canonical" and find points on why it's very likely.

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

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Post by docmars »

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.

Which distro do you enjoy using the most?

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

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Post by teejmya »

magicalhippo wrote: post #249
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.

Have you looked into forwarding X?

https://ostechnix.com/how-to-configure-x11-forwarding-using-...

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

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Post by hnlmorg »

dTal wrote: post #351
hnlmorg wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm a similiar age (few years older but nothing too signficant) and have used nearly every version of Windows. Inc pre 3.x versions, pre-NT4 versions, and most of the CE and embedded versions too. And like yourself, used Linux since the 90s too (Redhat, SuSE, and Slackware were my favourites up until I discovered Arch). Ironically I switched away from Windows and onto Linux precisely because I was sick of things not…

>My experience with Linux has been that you have the same install running for 10+ years (this is especially true for Arch because you have fewer risky distribution upgrades), Arch is needy; it commits seppuku if you abandon it for too long. Every update on Arch is a "risky distribution upgrade", and it insists that you update every day. On the other hand, I have kept Debian installs going for a great many years, with…

> Arch is needy; it commits seppuku if you abandon it for too long.

It's certainly introducing more risk but these days I only update my Arch systems a maximum of once every 6 months (usually less than that) and never have an issue. This meme largely came about from ~10 years ago with the filesystem changes and migration to systemd. But it's been a pretty smooth ride since.

> Every update on Arch is a "risky distribution upgrade",

In theory it is a possibility but in practice that's not really the case. I mean you're not going to get breaking changes every week ;) Arch's package manager has really improved in recent years too so a lot of occasions that might have needed manual intervention can be handled automatically by the package manager (which wasn't the case back when this meme was true).

Also there is a news section on Arch's website so if you're genuinely nervous about running `pacman` you can check there first (this is the recommended best practice but most people don't bother these days because it's rare to have an issue).

> and it insists that you update every day.

Only if you kick off your package manager everyday. But this is true for any Linux distro since they're all pushing updated packages everyday so I don't really see how Arch differs in that regard.

> On the other hand, I have kept Debian installs going for a great many years, with dist-upgrades never failing, and I know that some people have maintained the same Debian install since they first installed it in the 90s.

I've had a Debian dist-upgrade fail before but that's just once out of a dozen(?) of successful dist-upgrades so I do agree Debian is solid. Never had an issue with upgrading CentOS either. Nor FreeBSD.

The only thing Arch does better than the above is you don't have an hour(s) of downtime during the upgrade. But as you said, that's paired with the risk that you might run into a breaking change at any point in the future. For that reason alone I wouldn't run Arch on servers (or at least not professionally -- thrown Arch on some personal servers in the past)

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