• John Carlsen 4 Harris&Walz🇺🇸@sfba.social
      30·
      6 months ago

      @enigma @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social

      As I recall:
      Microsoft Windows used to have good online help, circa 1991-1994 (Windows 3.1).
      It was based on the Rich Text Format (RTF).
      Then Microsoft added a web browser, and called it Internet Explorer.
      Internet Explorer really wasn’t very good for exploring the internet, apparently because its development had been rushed and it didn’t display some things like other browsers would.
      Then Microsoft argued in court that its web browser was an integral part of Windows, which Windows could not work without.
      Then the judge removed the web browser from his own Windows-based computer and experienced no problems.
      Then Microsoft changed its online help to HTML and made us use its web browser to access it.

      • KnoLord@lemmy.world
        8·
        6 months ago

        It is still required, as Google had to do the same with Android, offering multiple search engines and presenting them to the user (at least that happened to me with my phone), but after doing it in Windows 8.1, Microsoft probably thought that it was enough compliance to keep “those nagging EU politicians” away.

        • Successful_Try543@feddit.de
          5·
          6 months ago

          I just found out that the agreement between Microsoft and the EU commission was only valid between 2009 and 2014. So MS is no longer obliged to make the change of the default browser easy.

          • KnoLord@lemmy.world
            4·
            6 months ago

            What a shame, as now it would be more needed than ever :c

            But thank you for correcting me.

  • Brick Duck@mastodon.social
    11·
    6 months ago

    @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social I’ve been using Plasma 6 as my daily driver for three weeks now, and it’s really good! I’m grateful for all the time that developers, testers, and doc writers have spent on this project. I decided to ditch Windows after getting yet another nudge to “please create a microsoft account”.

  • Opisek@lemmy.world
    10·
    6 months ago

    What is wrong with all those kde links in the comments? Are y’all bots?! Hella annoying.

    • rtxn@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      6 months ago

      They probably either use a different client, or a different federated service, that lets them mark multiple participants in each post of the thread.

    • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
      6·
      6 months ago

      Mastodon users need to mention the user and the community name in order to make or reply to Lemmy comments.

  • Hein@mastodon.social
    7·
    6 months ago

    @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social
    I love KDE so much. If I didn’t rely on certain creative software for work, I’d ditch macOS in an instant.
    And I think that’s one of the reasons people just aren’t able to switch over from Windows.

    But hey, every other computer in the house that isn’t a Mac runs Fedora KDE. 😃

    • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      I feel the same about KDE and Windows. I only keep Windows for some music production stuff and legacy .NET application maintenance. The rest of the time I avoid it and use Linux and KDE, a far more pleasant experience.

  • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
    7·
    6 months ago

    It doesn’t say anything about repairing, this is such a low class clickbait.

    All it says is that the default settings are changed, and they recommend resetting to their service. Because of course a company is going to recommend their own services. Would be a bad company if they didn’t.

    This is the actual picture they used in the article:

    • Bro666@lemmy.kde.socialM
      14·
      6 months ago

      It doesn’t say anything about repairing, this is such a low class clickbait.

      It is literally under the “Repair tips” tab.

      • dodgy_bagel
        1·
        6 months ago

        I can see windows internet related services being tested with edge.

      • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
        1·
        6 months ago

        A repair tip

        A tip for if things went wrong, like if some virus installed a weird browser and set it default, and you want a quick fix.

        It isn’t saying that if you installed any other browser the system is broken and it should be repaired to Edge. That is just ridiculous and why I call this clickbait.

        It is aimed at people who don’t even know what a default browser is. You know, the average user.

        • lazynooblet@lazysoci.alEnglish
          6·
          6 months ago

          Hey come on. You sound far too reasonable.

          Don’t you know this is the KDE community where we discuss topics about KDE hate on Windows.

        • Bro666@lemmy.kde.socialM
          2·
          6 months ago

          You are working with hypotheticals. We cannot judge what the reasoning is. We can only judge what it is. It may have been done with good intentions as you say. Given MS’s track record, highly unlikely, but either way the fact is MS is telling its Windows users that anything that is not Edge and Bing is damaged or malicious. That is anticompetitive bullshit (intentional or not) and FUD.

    • KubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      13·
      6 months ago

      If you look at the screenshot, you can see this is the “Repair tips” tab/button. I don’t know what it looks like, but it does say something about repairing.

  • ano_ba_to@sopuli.xyz
    5·
    6 months ago
    1. “Repair” computer.
    2. Use MS Edge for the first time.
    3. Use bing.com for the first time.
    4. Search for “best Linux distro for gaming”.
    5. Ditch Windows.
    • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldΕλληνικά
      2·
      6 months ago

      Gotta love it when edge users try to tell me “It’s not that bad” and “It’s based on chrome now”.

      Those aren’t exactly selling points…