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 python
Followed by
sudo apt-get install python3
Only to be suddenly greeted with:
sudo: command not found
I 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?
In my days of learning Python, I was told to use pyenv and set environments based on the projects rather than making changes to the system. Maybe there are better options nowadays.
Pyenv is still a good option
Anaconda for example
Is it easier to remove Snap from Ubuntu or Edge from Windows 11?
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
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.
For those wondering which xkcd:
Lemmy is great
And so are you
Can you refer to windows as edge/windows?
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.
"Yes, I know what I am doing"
*system fails to boot
*surprised Linus face
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
I just wish they would have a package more suited for power users. I understand the why MS feels the need to treat consumers like idiots, some people truly are clueless and wouldn't have touched a computer 10 years ago when more user freedom was given. But I don't see the need to nerf the whole OS, and every variation, so that my nan doesn't delete system32.
But with the SaaS route the MS are pushing, I'm sticking win Win10 LTSB for as long as I can. I can't help but see things like pushing MS accounts on regular local users as anything other than laying the infrastructure for a more centralised SaaS approach.
I currently run an Unraid server on some old hardware, mostly as a NAS with some Docker containers. But due to the lack of processing power, I've actually been thinking about rolling my main rig and the server into one, then running Windows in a VM. Switching between OS easily would be good, being able to spin up virtual environments easily, and that way I can only use Windows for the things I need Windows for.
Now I've just gotta figure out, you know, how to actually do that!
Edge is so trashy. It's constantly trying to shove politics, celebrity gossip and Bing down your throat.
I got sick of Edge constantly pushing penis pills and whatever pseudo-medicine bullshit on me. So I changed the settings to get rid of all that garbage. I did the same on my work computer, except it's a dark grey screen with just a search bar. I only use Edge once in a blue moon on my own computer, but I use it a lot on my work computer because we use Azure for logins. It just simplifies the process a little. We also have a few antiquated systems that only work through Edge with IE mode.
spoiler
I'm also not a big fan of Pocket on Firefox so I've got all that turned off, too. I haven't exactly hardened it, but I've taken steps to just make it look clean. If there's anything Chrome does absolutely right, it's a simple, lightweight, uncluttered welcome/home screen that you don't have to do anything to get there. Still ain't picking it over Firefox, though.
I used to use Momentum back when I used Chrome so I'm sure that can also fix Edge's trashiness with a simple add-on.
Ever notice how you can't change the new tab/home page in Edge? It's locked down to some page on a Microsoft server (often slow to load too).
Steps to remove GRUB on Debian: "doas apt purge grub-efi* -y" "doas rm -rf /boot/efi/EFI/debian"
Edge is decent, it’s my main browser now
Decent browser? Absolutely. Privacy oriented enough to trust with my data? Lol, heck no!
Enjoy your spyware.
The thing that started sending all your pics to Microsoft for "enhancement"?
I turned this off but primarily use Edge for sfw browsing, and I don’t use any Microsoft OS to view NSFW content, only Linux.
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.
You can even get Edge on Linux now. It's available as a *.deb and an *.rpm. 😬
No, its not your main browser. [tries to gaslight]
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!
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.
Why edge over Firefox?
Well, it IS Chromium now, so not that shocking. I still use Firefox as my main, but for sites that don't work in Firefox, I used Edge as a backup, especially for Microsoft sites.
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.
This is how I feel about Java vs Go/C#/etc
Which is java and which is C# lmao
Can you refer to windows as edge/windows?