Post Ac8u6kRuQaTLn7Jgn2 by NovaNaturalist@mstdn.ca
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(DIR) Post #Ac8ERVnnsq7eN4mAUq by ghalfacree@mastodon.social
2023-11-24T09:50:39Z
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Dear Microsoft. Here is a list of things I want the Start Menu to do:* Show my installed programs* Search my local files* Provide access to system settingsHere is a list of things I do *not* want the Start Menu to do:* Show the weather for a randomly-selected town near my network's public IP infrastructure* Show tabloid headlines* Show programs I *don't* have installed* Search the web via Bing* Show adverts(!)* Attempt to engage me in conversation with a hallucinating LLMThanks.
(DIR) Post #Ac8ERWuvjpPvpT7NFA by ghalfacree@mastodon.social
2023-11-24T09:50:59Z
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Why yes, I have been having to handle a Windows 10/11 system today, why do you ask?
(DIR) Post #Ac8sdzlAKBPWvM3756 by DodoTheDev@front-end.social
2023-11-24T14:43:58Z
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@ghalfacree @thelastpsion If it could just search the installed programs properly, It'd be nice! I regularly image Windows computers for work. One of the tasks after its imaged is to launch windows updates (because the image doesn't contain the latest windows updates) and run Dell Command Update. Tapping windows key and searching "dell" shows "delete a file". Backspace to "d" shows it fine 🤦🏻♂️
(DIR) Post #Ac8se0o2QzIqAYOvCK by Kolomona@podcastindex.social
2023-11-24T20:12:34Z
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@DodoTheDev @ghalfacree @thelastpsion Open Shell fixes this.https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-MenuLinux also fixes this 🙂
(DIR) Post #Ac8shen8E4rZ3BiOA4 by ghalfacree@mastodon.social
2023-11-24T20:13:12Z
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@Kolomona @DodoTheDev @thelastpsion Personally, I chose Linux...Nearly three decades ago.
(DIR) Post #Ac8u25qNSJKGhJXeIy by Kolomona@podcastindex.social
2023-11-24T20:28:09Z
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@ghalfacree @DodoTheDev @thelastpsion it's been about 10yrs for me
(DIR) Post #Ac8u6kRuQaTLn7Jgn2 by NovaNaturalist@mstdn.ca
2023-11-24T15:04:49Z
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@ghalfacreeI moved to Ubuntu the day Bill Gates decided my version of Windows needed to be upgraded. He chose to upgrade the very moment the webinar I was leading started, leading 30+ participants hanging there, wondering what was happening.I have never regretted deciding that my laptop belongs to me and not to that multi-billionaire.
(DIR) Post #Ac8uKYJgKkVmDU3CoC by causa_arcana@qoto.org
2023-11-24T20:31:29Z
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@ghalfacree Do you want to say that it isn't even configurable?
(DIR) Post #Ac8uuU6xRiAjbDEVIe by AncientGood@qoto.org
2023-11-24T17:15:00Z
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@ghalfacree heresy! Microsoft knows better what you want!
(DIR) Post #Ac8uuV0G86PMMj6fUu by condret@shitposter.club
2023-11-24T20:37:58.908289Z
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@AncientGood @ghalfacree heresy is good
(DIR) Post #Ac8vrzDZR4Ov9zhNGi by didek@101010.pl
2023-11-24T20:48:43Z
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@ghalfacree Showing programs not installed is actually useful on GNOME or KDE.Not caring if you have the program or not, just searching the name and if it's not then doing one-click install.
(DIR) Post #Ac9289EOZcemZfAqki by Jain@blob.cat
2023-11-24T21:58:50.000125Z
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@ghalfacree How about fixing just one of the most basic things?When you press shutdown and there are updates available, windows says it restarts even though it shuts down...
(DIR) Post #Ac93mao7Z5t3dbjYg4 by susie@blob.cat
2023-11-24T22:09:56.219223Z
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@Jain @ghalfacree Isn't that because the system IS restarting to install the update and THEN shutdown afterwards? Because Windows updates for some reason can't be installed on the shutdown phase alone.
(DIR) Post #Ac93mbeERLZSFE7Au0 by Jain@blob.cat
2023-11-24T22:17:22.085580Z
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@susie @ghalfacree :blobcatgoogly: no? if you press shutdown it will shutdown afterwards and the next time you start it, it could be that it takes a bit longer yes...
(DIR) Post #Ac9UN72xm5xqrMkbq4 by Sabex@noagendasocial.com
2023-11-25T03:15:20Z
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@ghalfacree install Gentoo
(DIR) Post #Ac9UOMhj2vK3i5PkZ6 by Zerglingman@freespeechextremist.com
2023-11-25T03:15:34.646478Z
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@Sabex @ghalfacree @installgentoo
(DIR) Post #AcAK3Zm6RxsHmbs0LA by DodoTheDev@front-end.social
2023-11-25T12:54:27Z
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@Kolomona @ghalfacree @thelastpsion Totally agree. I've tried to get work to move to Linux, but they think it's not safe or compatible with the trust's business needs. 🤦🏻♂️
(DIR) Post #AcK1r3xT3wTU2IfWG8 by stevenroose@x0f.org
2023-11-30T05:17:30Z
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@ghalfacreeDear Gareth. Try another operating system. Thanks. @austinkocher
(DIR) Post #AcKA9xC7EXHOC62Tc8 by ghalfacree@mastodon.social
2023-11-30T06:50:38Z
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@stevenrooseDear Steven,I've been using Linux for over 20 years.Thanks.@austinkocher
(DIR) Post #AcQnG78iEUxdw88RDk by mac_ack@hidamari.apartments
2023-12-03T11:36:59.959127Z
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@ghalfacree there should be a registy setting for this
(DIR) Post #AomgV9cmjJQdfsF2tU by waifu@mai.waifuism.life
2024-12-06T23:29:06.913Z
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@ghalfacree@mastodon.social should have used linux :clueless:
(DIR) Post #AomhdhlBnZ6boZoWG0 by ghalfacree@mastodon.social
2024-12-06T23:37:14Z
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@waifuI'm in my third decade of using Linux exclusively on all my machines. I've been published in Linux magazines. I've written books on Linux... *on* Linux.
(DIR) Post #Aomhdj6qmW1i02xKeu by waifu@mai.waifuism.life
2024-12-06T23:41:53.779Z
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@ghalfacree@mastodon.social :tedksmug:
(DIR) Post #ApfH7FhdiBPet5aLWS by ghalfacree@mastodon.social
2023-11-24T10:25:01Z
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@NormanDunbar @alvariviris Only trouble is, it's short-lived. One of the reasons it took so long is half the solutions out there - like disconnecting the NIC to force the creation of a local user account during installation, or using a shortcut key to bring up a command prompt during the setup wizard - don't work any more, as Microsoft keeps tweaking the OS to block 'em.
(DIR) Post #ApfH7NQYzYVUqRep16 by alvariviris@mastodon.social
2023-11-24T09:53:53Z
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@ghalfacree I’ve had a couple of family calls asking for help because of that, just after they updated to W11, mostly because they are used to search for local data in the menu, and now it looks on the internet and all the other unnecessary things you just mentioned…
(DIR) Post #ApfH7OVYyS6ICF0KRs by ghalfacree@mastodon.social
2023-11-24T09:56:22Z
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@alvariviris It's possible to strip it all out - I've got a Windows 11 laptop with no ads, no web search, no LLM, no weather, no news - but it's not easy. I spent an entire afternoon getting mine to that point!