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Microsoft wants Edge to automatically open by default every time you turn on your Windows 11 PC (www.windowscentral.com)
submitted 15 hours ago by nil@piefed.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world
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When will they ever learn?

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[–] weew@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 hour ago (9 children)

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.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 2 points 13 minutes ago

As long as you don't jump on AAA title games on launch day, you'll be fine gaming on Linux.

That, or if you are a fortnite, LoL addict... Those don't work for reasons totally up to the devs.

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works -2 points 21 minutes ago

Pop_OS has been a piece of cake to use. Switched last year, never looking back.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 2 points 48 minutes ago

I switched to Linux a year or two ago. Pretty much every game I've played has worked fine. (Elden ring, guild wars 2, nioh2, pillars of eternity...)

Even non-steam stuff was basically click and go with Heroic launcher

[–] apple_train@lemmy.world 3 points 48 minutes ago

Gaming works great on Linux now and often better. The only scenarios I can think of where things are majorly behind are competitive games with anti cheat that doesn't work on Linux and anything requiring peripherals with custom software, for example SIM racing. This means that the vast majority of games work great!

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 4 points 49 minutes ago

You can test most Linux distros using a “live” image on a thumb drive. If you put Ventoy on a drive, you can try as many ISOs as you can fit on the drive.

Bazzite or Fedora are both really good places to start.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 50 minutes ago

I just gonna go live in the woods and take up bird watching or something.

[–] BitsAndBites@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Come on in, the water is great!

[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

I game often, and 100% on Linux. Unless you're doing competitive multiplayer games with kernel level anti-cheat (read: rootkit malware), games run perfectly fine.

[–] DataCrime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 56 minutes ago

Good news!

Apparently DeNovo’s been hacked!

P.S. I’m shit at games… so I don’t know if this actually really matters 😝

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 1 points 50 minutes ago

There are two exceptions to this still, STALKER Gamma doesn't work on Linux still and SKSEx64 doesn't work either. Also modding Baldurs gate 3 through Nexus is fucky.

[–] hydroxycotton@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago

Your scenario sounds like mine. Don't game much anymore and definitely don't play triple A crap that requires kernel.level anti cheat. Been on bazzite for about 6 mos and everything has been great. So much better than Windows.

[–] BC_viper@lemmy.world 15 points 2 hours ago

Why would my browser Downloader need to start again after I download other browsers?

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I want Edge to fuck off.

#linux

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

If you're stuck on Windows for work or whatever, just disable Edge's executable in Group Policy. Let Microsoft fight Microsoft.

[–] TotalCourage007@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Bro Windows 11 is hot garbage even just for games, my xbox games kept getting corrupted after EVERY update. I don't care about anticheat games anymore its not worth it getting frustrated every single damn update. I will literally play retroarch forever before caring about MICROSLOP again.

[–] Bad_Ideas_In_Bulk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

No means no, Microsoft.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

I said NO, Microsoft.

Stop digitally raping me.

[–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 14 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Why does everything microslop does feel forced?

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

Because they’re the Oracle of OSes. They only exist to supply lucrative corporate contracts.

[–] architect@thelemmy.club 20 points 3 hours ago

This bullshit again?

[–] Loce@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Laughs in Linux...

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 8 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

SteamOS Desktop can't arrive fast enough. Once it has, I will jump ship to either CachyOS or SteamOS, depending on what reviewers say.

[–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 10 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

If you're on a PC, SteamOS won't give you anything that any other major distro already offers. Cachy and Bazzite are probably the most similar to SteamOS, but Fedora, Mint, Pop are all also solid choices. There's no reason to wait for Steam to switch to Linux.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 3 points 57 minutes ago (1 children)

SteamOS comes with a mighty corporation to fully fund its development, plus likely being the default for the wider gaming community. If the desktop version is flexible enough to let me do mods, locale, and so on, it would be ideal for my usecase. I hate the idea of distro hopping, because I don't want to spend time and energy figuring out things more than once.

It is my preference to only have one OS for each machine, for its entire lifespan. I would stick to Windows, if it weren't for Microsoft being invasive and commandeering.

[–] scala@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 minutes ago

So does bazzite technically. They are based off fedora.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Just jump to something like Bazzite and get rid of windows, don't wait unless you have to

[–] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

They will never learn because they make Windows for Microsoft not for users. They do whatever suits them and they think will maximises profitability and their share price. They have to keep "growing" so they have to find new ways to make money.

As for the article; what shill bullshit is this?

It probably makes sense for a lot of users to have their default browser of choice open automatically at login, as most people spend the majority of their time in a web browser. Windows already automatically preloads Edge in the background by default to increase its startup performance, so it's not a huge leap to automatically display the app itself if Windows knows you're going to open it anyway.

No, it does not make sense to do this. Apps can be set to auto launch if users want them to. This only makes sense from the perspective of Microsoft trying to push Edge onto user so it can grow it's market share and harvest even more data.

[–] TwilitSky@lemmy.world 25 points 5 hours ago (11 children)

Between this and Lemmy, I'm ready for a switch to Linux now even though I don't know how it works.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 16 points 4 hours ago (5 children)

You ask people online and get 78 different answers, then get caught up in decision paralysis and stick with windows.

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[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I'm here for any questions you may have , just pm me! I enjoy helping and I can usually break things down into easy to understand bits.

Havent touched windows at all in a year except for work. And I did try Linux back in the early 00s but I wasnt ready then (wanted to game). Its come sooooo far.

Literally the only things I can't do: play pubg, and battlefield games. Both made by shit devs we should never support anyway. Oh, and use my Keith McMillan 12 step foot synth program on it. I have a spare junky win 10 laptop for that.

[–] possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Has there been a fix for 240hz 32:9 monitors for their full refresh rate? That's what's stopping me.

[–] parzival@lemmy.org 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I haven't heard of that issue but my guess is if you had it it was related to a specific distro or am, not the Linux kernel, but I might be wrong

[–] possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 hour ago

It's fairly inherent to Linux from what I'm hearing and requires a lengthy reconfiguration of my monitors EDID. It'll allow you to run at 120hz in 1440p, or 240hz in 1080 resolution. Someone created a custom edid for a different model G9 but I'm not sure it works on a G93SD

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago

Do it! Just choose the most normie distro you can find (probably something like Mint or Ubuntu) and free yourself!

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[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Why?

No, I can’t be bothered to read

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 1 points 2 hours ago

How will you open with no exe?

[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 hours ago

I'm very glad I use Windows 10, and I have Vivaldi as my default browser. Seriously!

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Why stop there, you could just make a whole operating system out of it and call it EdgeOS.

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