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Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default

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Re: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default

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Post by captn3m0 »

bombela wrote: post #344
dmitrygr wrote: post #317

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> sweet battery life Linux has never been this, and likely never will be. On any hardware supported fully by both, Windows will always have better battery life. Back when I was a thinkpad user, i'd literally live in a vmware workstation linux VM on windows, and THIS had better battery life than linux natively on the same thinkpad.

I came to assume the battery only exists to act as an uninterruptible power supply as I travel to the next power outlet ;) It feels like over the past 10y Linux only went from 2h to 3h of battery life. While MacBook went from 3h to 13h.

You’re comparing an OS with a specific device. In the union case (Asahi Linux on MacBook), the battery life is much higher than 3h. Not yet 13, but soon should be close.

Re: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default

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Post by vladvasiliu »

SebastianKra wrote: post #365
vladvasiliu wrote: post #346

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> The way that regular bluetooth headsets work fine, but AirPods work even better What do you mean by this? I have an iPhone but don't have airpods, just "regular" BT headphones. Under windows, they're hit or miss (sometimes they don't reconnect), but they work pretty well under iOS and mac os. They work best under linux (!), especially since it's the only one to support LDAC (though I understand some non-sony androi…

To connect regular bt headphones, you must go to Control Center > Hold on Bluetooth > Hold Bluetooth again > Select the headphones > wait > tap once to exit > tap twice to exit > swipe up from the bottom. AirPods are always accesible via the AirPlay-menu, which is prominently featured in many media apps. Again: still fine, but just bad enough to partly influence my next buying decision.

But that's how bt heaphones work everywhere, right? I have to go and manually pair them.

But once they're paired, they connect automatically to my iphone, and I can select them easily from a list when e.g making a phone call, though they're usually selected automatically when connected.

Re: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default

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Post by hulitu »

happymellon wrote: post #50
jjoonathan wrote: post #41

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Did linux eventually get HDR support or is it still one (of many) sacrifices you make to game on linux?

HDR is currently experimental. Red Hat is working on getting it integrated, and Valve have it in their display manager. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/HDR_monitor_support But for general users, out of the box, no.

Funny that SGI some 20 years ago supported more than 32bpp.

Re: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default

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Post by afiori »

tredre3 wrote: post #252
afiori wrote: post #178

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Not really, because sometime default settings are weird and I would also want a "Forget all associations". My point is broader than browsers: if an app wants to redirect me to another app I want a modal where I can select an alternative app and cancel the "redirect".

I'm okay being prompted when I have more than one app of the same type. I'm not okay being prompted to install an additional app when I already have one that can handle the link. This is advertisement spam and it's disingenuous to claim Google does that to give you choice.

I agree with this

Re: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default

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Post by princevegeta89 »

acomjean wrote: post #89

Its getting worse everywhere: some things I've noticed: Mobil Safari seems to be using the search bar to hijack my google search (Particularly for locations which open in apple maps) Although I'm mostly linux these days I went to install an alternative browser on a windows machine (using edge to download). I mentioned this in another post, but edge seems to watch for "chrome" or "firefox" downloads and politely remin…

After "Your potential, our passion", Microsoft's new tagline is: "Your privacy, our business".

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Post by NGRhodes »

plonk wrote: post #359
V1ndaar wrote: post #314

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> Windows power management (and that beautiful laptop battery life) Is that sarcasm? I never had good battery life on a laptop running Windows. Linux has always been superior to me in that regard (maybe if nvidia optimus is at play?).

> maybe if nvidia optimus is at play? In this case Windows is the only sane choice (at least based on my experience from 2 years ago). After a lot of reading random docs, I got to a point where I could stop the GPU from eating the battery doing nothing, but I could only disable/enable it by logging out then in. It was either no GPU at all or a GPU drawing maximum power, no in-between. Maybe Nvidia's latest code relea…

I've only had an Nvidia GPU laptop for 2 years so no experience of using older series of drivers, but Nvidia's 5xx series of drivers work great on my T460s running the latest Mint, drivers installed using the Ubuntu driver tool. Secure boot works out of the box, prime render offload works without a hitch (and no need to log in/out to switch GPUs), battery life is ballpark similar to Windows.

Re: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default

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Post by mholm »

vladvasiliu wrote: post #366
mholm wrote: post #357

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In terms of unique OS-level integrations: Airpods are not paired with a device: they're paired with your Apple ID. If I pair the airpods with my iPad, I can seamlessly switch them to iphone, to Mac, to my Apple TV. They'll even auto-switch if it detects you've stopped using your current device. Airpods automatically try to pair with a nearby iphone when opened, if one of your own devices isn't around. All of this is…

But is there a way of making this work with regular bluetooth headphones? AFAIK whey you pair them, the HP will remember the device's physical address, so the random apple devices you may have would have to present the same address to the headphones. Hell, this doesn't work on its own, even between a Linux and Windows install on the same PC. You have to manually move some connection information between the two to get…

I don't have any particular problem with this feature existing, it helps me as an apple user. Though I can imagine a standardized protocol would be what the OP of this thread wanted.

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Post by dmitrygr »

oneshtein wrote: post #369
dmitrygr wrote: post #317

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> sweet battery life Linux has never been this, and likely never will be. On any hardware supported fully by both, Windows will always have better battery life. Back when I was a thinkpad user, i'd literally live in a vmware workstation linux VM on windows, and THIS had better battery life than linux natively on the same thinkpad.

> Linux has never been this, and likely never will be. Chromebook and Android works very well. They use Linux kernel.

Neither uses the GNU userspace, which is what people mean by "linux"

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Post by acomjean »

vladvasiliu wrote: post #372
SebastianKra wrote: post #365

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To connect regular bt headphones, you must go to Control Center > Hold on Bluetooth > Hold Bluetooth again > Select the headphones > wait > tap once to exit > tap twice to exit > swipe up from the bottom. AirPods are always accesible via the AirPlay-menu, which is prominently featured in many media apps. Again: still fine, but just bad enough to partly influence my next buying decision.

But that's how bt heaphones work everywhere, right? I have to go and manually pair them. But once they're paired, they connect automatically to my iphone, and I can select them easily from a list when e.g making a phone call, though they're usually selected automatically when connected.

I have this issue sometimes. If switching doesn’t work automatically when my Bluetooth speaker is turned on it’s not an quick option to select them.

Apple has a “select audio out” menu thats on a lot of music and video apps. It shows “Apple airplay enabled” devices and makes switching easy. If it’s just Bluetooth it’s harder (you have to go into setting…)

Re: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default

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Post by yomlica8 »

hutzlibu wrote: post #298
marcosdumay wrote: post #262

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It can tell what Microsoft does in Europe. But, of course, MS can always decide to abandon the region instead of complying too.

That "region" is a very big market. So that is not really an option for them. On the other hand large parts of the economy and government in the EU are totally dependant on Microsoft products and would be screwed if they would pull the plug.

They wouldn't abandon the market, they'd just introduce a complying version for Europe like N or K versions in the past. That way they can continue to screw everyone else.
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