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 @bflipp I read about the file explorer thing previously, mine seems to still function correctly, but will surely be a factor in me tossing this laptop out if it does. As for them re-enabling things, oh yes, after every update I go and uninstall and disable everything I can. Recall can't be disabled in the typical methods, but the check is also simple (for now at least) 32 comments
What I’m getting at is they have wound this thing around the core internals and functionality of Windows. It’s never going away. Switching to Linux is imperative for every machine you have end to end control of. I’m lucky that my IT guys are holding on to Windows 10 as long as possible and switching as many people to Mac as they can. Not that Apple Intelligence is any better/more secure than Recall. I will still campaign for a Dell Precision with Ubuntu when they force an upgrade on me. I literally don’t do any work outside of my WSL install of Debian anyway. I’ve been all Linux at home for years now though.   @chloeraccoon @bflipp @hareldan @Beckydog Except maybe for tabs I guess? (I dunno, we don't use Windows) @chloeraccoon @bflipp @hareldan @Beckydog Depends how you use the file manager. Personally we use tabs quite a lot, not for dragging files but for working in separate but oftentimes related-to-the-same-task folders (like export images for one art thing + export images for a different art thing), and we use split panes for drag and drop, and we sometimes use multiple windows for drag and drop and we should probably do that more actually. @frost The only advantage to tabs in explorer is if dragging a file you go to the tab at the top and wait for the current view to change, instead of down to the taskbar. Split panes isn't a thing, you need multiple windows for that. @frost And when windows are hidden behind things tabs means I'd need to go to the taskbar to bring explorer to the front, the to the top of that window to select the tab - the tabs don't appear as a window list on the application's taskbar icon, only the active tab is. Well, it tells you that there are tabs, but not what they are or allows you to select them... Yeah I’m just going off of videos I’ve seen. I just know it looked suuuuper basic. Would not doubt that it’s Windows 7 at all. Mint is the easiest distro to switch to. The Cinnamon desktop is similar to Windows 7 in workflow and functionality. Even non-technical users can run it fine even if they need it installed for them. If you’re comfortable with running Windows debloat utilities you should just stop running Windows.  @bflipp You realize your behavior here is one of the things so offputting about the fediverse, right? You could try to tone it down and stop presuming you have standing to decide how others reorient the stuff underlying their lives. I pointed out the logical fallacy in your desire to maintain a broken Windows install instead of acclimating to a new OS right now. One that doesn’t require you to break it in order to use it in safety and privacy. Moving away from Windows is the only truly correct decision to make. I’m not saying it’s easy but it’s less work and less effort than maintaining broken Windows installs for the sake of privacy. If you disagree that’s fine.  Does Gnome not ship with and provide their own version of Solitaire on Flathub? But we should definitely let Microsoft keep up their abuse because of a card game. That’s a totally valid point. @bflipp @dalias @hareldan > If people are diving headfirst into switching their parents to Linux without actually knowing what their parents use the computer for... "Diving headfirst" isn't what happened, but an assumption re. Solitaire slipped through. My comment here was meant humorously, but maybe someone can learn from my little experience. I get what you're saying. My point is that the legwork to make the transition is worth it. Especially now. @bflipp You're the one who specifically said "I will not let people I care about run an OS...." That is not okay. It is controlling and abusive. Even if you don't mean it literally, the wording reflects a sense of entitlement to make decisions for other people. |
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You didn’t remove Recall. You just disabled it. I’m talking about deleting it. If you delete it File Explorer will break and/or kick you back to a cut down version similar to Windows 10’s explorer.