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 pythonFollowed by
sudo apt-get install python3Only to be suddenly greeted with:
sudo: command not foundI remember I did the same mistakes few years ago. If I’m not mistaken, there is a big warning message when you try to remove Python, no?
And that, kids, is how Linus fucked his Pop!_OS installation.
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.
Tbh that’s Windows’ fault in crying wolf so many times for nothing
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.
Can you refer to windows as edge/windows?
For those wondering which xkcd:
Edge is so trashy. It’s constantly trying to shove politics, celebrity gossip and Bing down your throat.
The way they promote it intrusively in every corner of windows they can manage is trashy too.
Steps to remove GRUB on Debian: “doas apt purge grub-efi* -y” “doas rm -rf /boot/efi/EFI/debian”
Is it easier to remove Snap from Ubuntu or Edge from Windows 11?
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.
There is a single command to run as admin to uninstall edge.
Can Edge be removed?
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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I actually switched to Fedora from Endavour for the opposite reason. I hated shooting myself in the foot, somehow I always did that on whatever Arch thing I had.
This is how I feel about Java vs Go/C#/etc
Which is java and which is C# lmao
Java is the top, C# is the bottom. The Java language designers consider unsigned integers harmful (and this). They’re basically saying “You could hurt yourself with this so we’re taking it away.” I find that patronizing and disrespectful. On the other hand C# and Go tell you, “Yo bro, doing pointer math and direct memory manipulation is not safe, but I’m not gonna stop you.”
I love that about C#. It’s safe and managed, but if you need the unsafe features for performance etc, then they’re available. It’s the best if both worlds, imo.
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.
Does it actually break the system tho?
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.
Edge is decent, it’s my main browser now
Decent browser? Absolutely. Privacy oriented enough to trust with my data? Lol, heck no!
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!
The thing that started sending all your pics to Microsoft for “enhancement”?
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.
Enjoy your spyware.
No, its not your main browser. [tries to gaslight]
You fr?
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.
Can I have you number?
“Ew, no”
Sudo can I have your number?
“Sure, here you go!”
Can you refer to windows as edge/windows?
Well last week I nuked my X11 KDE installation by removing random python packages.
Oh same lol fuck Linux
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
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
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
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
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
