• AccountMaker@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    When I was first starting out my programming adventures with Python, someone told me that I should work with Python 3 instead of 2 because that’s what will be maintained in the future (this was some 8 years ago). I decided to listen and when I got home I opened up my terminal, wrote:

    sudo apt-get remove python

    Followed by

    sudo apt-get install python3

    Only to be suddenly greeted with:

    sudo: command not found

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      1 year ago

      To be completely fair, he nuked his desktop environment when it absolutely shouldn’t have happened. Yes, there was the warning and he should’ve read it, but coming from Windows, how many times is the “This app may harm your PC” threat legitimate? Linus made an honest mistake, but pop truly made a massive oversight.

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          1 year ago

          Windows warning is a reminder that an app can be a virus. There is no warning that the app will self destruct your PC even if it’s a reputable app.

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    1 year ago

    You can actually uninstall Edge, Microsoft just says it will break your system. Not a big deal, you can always reinstall Edge later via winget

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      1 year ago

      Last time I tried (haven’t used Windows in over a year) it just reinstalled itself unless you went to a fair amount of effort to stop it

      • Wren 🪐@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        Yep, this is still the case. Every time there’s an update it will reinstall and preventing that is so tedious. Just got a new gaming system setup (Aya Neo, which is Windows based) and I really don’t feel like going through the whole process to remove it / prevent it from coming back

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          1 year ago

          Not suggesting you do it necessarily, but I wonder how well linux runs on something like that, gaming on a windows handheld just seems so inconvenient, especially sense I haven’t had a use for windows in a long while

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            1 year ago

            I’m super curious too! I’d be very worried about the drivers for the controllers though. They’re dodgy enough as is haha

            It is a little annoying but the portability really makes up for it for me

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      1 year ago

      Snap, and just uninstalling a snap provided program is even easier. Or just getting the system to use your own non snap program as default.

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        For VR Gaming, I installed https://ameliorated.io/ onto a fresh Windows 11. Seems to replace Edge with Firefox and more other programs with Open Source ones.

        But what if you would do it manually? I guess on a Vanilla Windows its not even thaf easy or possible because Windows Updates tend to fix it. But i am just a Linux user who jist wants to play VR and not really use the Desktop

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    Well you can still uninstall edge on windows, even if it break your system, you can do it. There are tons of guides you can find on internet. It’s basically running the installer with an uninstall flag.

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        Some functionalites are broken, for example some settings in the settings panel wont display, because it’s a react ui (mostly everything related to onedrive/online account), lots of software expect it to be present and use it (like visual studio). Git (to connect with oauth).
        But a lot of things still works.

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    I just wish they would have a package more suited for power users. I understand the why MS feels the need to treat consumers like idiots, some people truly are clueless and wouldn’t have touched a computer 10 years ago when more user freedom was given. But I don’t see the need to nerf the whole OS, and every variation, so that my nan doesn’t delete system32.

    But with the SaaS route the MS are pushing, I’m sticking win Win10 LTSB for as long as I can. I can’t help but see things like pushing MS accounts on regular local users as anything other than laying the infrastructure for a more centralised SaaS approach.

    I currently run an Unraid server on some old hardware, mostly as a NAS with some Docker containers. But due to the lack of processing power, I’ve actually been thinking about rolling my main rig and the server into one, then running Windows in a VM. Switching between OS easily would be good, being able to spin up virtual environments easily, and that way I can only use Windows for the things I need Windows for.

    Now I’ve just gotta figure out, you know, how to actually do that!

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      1 year ago

      I used edge for a while, but went back to Firefox after about decade of not using it. Love having extensions on mobile, makes browsing a lot better!

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      1 year ago

      Even if it was perfect and everyone should use it. The issue is that you can not remove (uninstall) it, which you should be able to do, especially for a browser.

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        In terms of usability? Yeah, edge is good, especially if you are a fan of vertical tabs. After all, it’s just yet another chromium-based browser. In terms of privacy? Oh god no, given Microsoft’s track record it’s probably the worst browser out there in that regard.