Windows 11 Officially Shuts Down Firefox’s Default Browser Workaround

Post by sm4rk0 » Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 10:33 PM UTC

freeqaz wrote: post #64

pjfin123 wrote: post #33

Linux Desktop feeling extra good today, my sound often doesn't work but I don't have to deal with Microsoft nonsense.

Pipewire has made all of my audio issues on Linux go away, at this point. Maybe it's my hardware (a high-end Dell Latitude that is Ubuntu certified) but it just f*cking works! I'm on Arch, so I find I tend to have fewer issues than with Ubuntu (due to the latter always being on some ancient version). Seriously though when I switched from Pulse to Pipewire... I rebooted and I've never had any issues since! Now, my big…

    sudo sed -i 's/groovy/devel/g' /etc/apt/sources.list

    sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade

Post by ggfgg » Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 10:38 PM UTC

greggman3 wrote: post #315

jccalhoun wrote: post #114

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I updated to 11 on my laptop but kept 10 on my main machine. I see zero reason to update my main computer to 11. I was willing to give centered start button a try but the fact that you can't turn off grouping of applications in the taskbar is a deal breaker. If I have two firefox windows open I want to know it and to be able to pick which one I want without having to hover my mouse over the icon for a second while th…

It could be worse. You could be on MacOS where Cmd-Tab switches between apps not windows. I currently have 13 browser windows open (each with 3 to 15 tabs) and another 9 windows of other things (terminal, vscode, etc....) and IMO The Cmd-Tab vs Ctrl-Tab vs Ctrl-Up vs Ctrl-Down suck compared to Windows. I really want to easily switch to the previous window, not the previous app. Command + backtick doesn't work either.…

Post by modeless » Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 10:40 PM UTC

cplusplusfellow wrote: post #324

What I want is iMessage on my Linux desktop so that I can still text via my computer while I'm working and barely break concentration. Then I'd never use Mac or Windows again.

Post by aufhebung » Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 10:42 PM UTC

jccalhoun wrote: post #114

cronix wrote: post #22

So far in the last year or so, I've heard 0 reasons why I'd even need, want or benefit from Win11 over Win10. Tons of reasons in the negative column though. There isn't even anything to salivate over that might make you think it might be worth it to deal with the other tradeoffs. Hard pass.

I updated to 11 on my laptop but kept 10 on my main machine. I see zero reason to update my main computer to 11. I was willing to give centered start button a try but the fact that you can't turn off grouping of applications in the taskbar is a deal breaker. If I have two firefox windows open I want to know it and to be able to pick which one I want without having to hover my mouse over the icon for a second while th…

Post by paulryanrogers » Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 10:46 PM UTC

callamdelaney wrote: post #306

no_time wrote: post #257

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On linux you can use IceCat. On windows, download simplewall and block pingsender.exe there. Should get rid of the queries if you combine it with userjs tweaking.

Just setup pihole - you can run it on any server and use it as a local dns server. Probably somebody else has done the work to list these spammy domains.