Technology

Linux Mint is so awesome.

Who's computer is it?

Laughs in Linux

Could someone PLEASE build an idiot proof way to permanently remove Edge from your system!?

What a coincidence, I want to edge every time I open my computer.

If they were actively trying to push people towards Linux, would their choices look any different? Perplexing.

IMO they'd be wise to take every step they can to make the OS feel like it belongs to the user, but more abd more they act like "its pur OS, so we do what we want" which is their right, but it's shit marketting that makes them feel more like Apple every day.

I thought we settled this years ago

If my school didn't absolutely require windows I would be fully Linux at this point.

Change this anytime in Settings.

Will do

Its sometimes fun to watch this drama from the otherside. Windows is 'that other OS' for me now. I was switching between Linux and Windows a while ago, and made a permanant switch around 2021-ish (I think). I only use Windows at work as I don't have a choice, and in certain instances where I'm forced to use a Windows device e.g. for online exams, etc..

I have an idea. Linux should start automatically everytime you boot you PC.

Glad that they specified WindyPlop11. Linux wins in every branch of every one its splendid variations

@echo off
timeout /t 60 /nobreak >nul
tasklist /fi "imagename eq msedge.exe" | find /i "msedge.exe" >nul
if not errorlevel 1 (
    taskkill /f /im msedge.exe >nul 2>&1
)
exit

Mint guy here, since 6 months ago, best choice I have done. If you make some research, in few time you realiese you do not need Microsoft to live in the majority of the cases.

I honestly might switch to Linux. I know people say that a lot, but gaming has been the only thing keeping me on Windows.

But I've also come to realize I just don't have that much free time to game any more. Most of my computer use is putting YouTube on in the background or web browsing. I still occasionally game, but Linux support keeps improving and even if I only pick Linux supported games... I still won't have enough time to play them all.

When I bought a new gaming PC a few weeks ago (where I live the pre-builts that were assembled before rampocalypse are still at a reasonable price until the stock runs out), I asked if I could get it cheaper without the Windows 11 license. The sales guy said, "well, it's already installed." I told him, "I'm literally going to take it home and wipe it for Bazzite." He said, "good call, but seriously, they're practically giving these licenses away, so even if we could it would only take like $20 off the purchase price."

Kind of a bummer to waste that $20, but honestly the satisfaction of hitting "reformat" on a brand new, slop-infused, bloatware-infested, data-harvesting-ready SSD and watching it all vanish before I even used it was almost worth the money.

EDIT: Not to mention, I got back a significant amount of space. 15+ GB.

Funnily enough I actually have Firefox open by default whenever I boot up my PC.

I have no taskbar or desktop items. I always default to a specific workflow of pressing the windows key (or whatever we call it for Linux), and searching for everything. I have since early windows 10.

I realised that 90% of the time, I was opening Firefox, so now it just opens. I have a pretty minimal toolbar setup for it, so it's basically just an address bar that automatically focuses when I start typing.

One day I'll set up something where I have multiple search hotkeys for web search, file search, application search, music etc, that will sort of replace this.

Some senior VP obviously has his annual performance bonus tied to increasing Edge market share, and is pulling shit like this to artificially inflate the numbers.

Ditto for Bing, Copilot, etc.