Microsoft has made OneDrive slightly more annoying for Windows 11 users. Quietly and without any announcement, the company changed Windows 11’s initial setup so that it could turn on the automatic folder backup without asking for it.
Now, those setting up a new Windows computer the way Microsoft wants them to (in other words, connected to the internet and signed into a Microsoft account) will get to their desktops with OneDrive already syncing stuff from folders like Desktop Pictures, Documents, Music, and Videos. Depending on how much is stored there, you might end up with a desktop and other folders filled to the brim with shortcuts to various stuff right after finishing a clean Windows installation.
Clearly, M$ users are not suffering enough yet. But even electric shocks every time a key is pressed on the keyboard would probably not be enough to make them change their minds.
This is the Linux equivalent to Windows’ Blue Screen of Death or in the case of DRM Panic can also be a black screen of death. With Linux 6.11, the DRM Panic display can now handle monochrome logos.
In the wild_wild_web, there is a lively discussion about the topic in the open source community. Everyone should form their own opinion…my opinion can be seen in the emojis.
You’re still placing a ton of trust in the “secure” methods they claim to use for advertising. Adding “noise”? Sounds like stuff that can be bypassed if they truly wanted. You’re at their mercy like with any advertising agency, and I’m not okay with it. Just no. I hate what Mozilla is morphing into (they have a past of non-libre friendly blogs as well).
It seems they are going be shoehorning it down to all FF users.
If you ask me, they should have been making an unspoiled “Firefox Open Source project” browser and then branch off with whatever corporate business inclined software they wish.
I agree, there is one browser in early stages that I’m very interested in and keeping a close eye on, called Ladybird. Should be interesting to see how it turns out.
Here is a list of most of the known web browsers, though I’m sure there are more not listed. It’s unfortunate to see so many of them have the Blink, Gecko, Goanna engines though…
theia is by no means a new contender on the market, as a matter of fact it’s been around for quite a while.
I’ve tried it and it’s not quite as neat as vscode. All extensions need to be defined in a config file and it’s generally not quite as easily extensible like vscode. Definitely great for an online coding platform, but not so much as a self-hosted private code editor. I had to switch to the vscode server project.
more fixes released