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Microsoft will let users uninstall Edge, Bing, and disable ads on Windows 11 as it complies with the Digital Markets Act (www.windowscentral.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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First RCS now this, today has been wild

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (9 children)

I'm desperately waiting for a reputed company like Samsung to ditch windows and introduce linux pre-installed laptops

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

Samsung a reputed company? The Samsung of the ad-ridden smart TVs?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

System 76

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

There was a brief moment in the 2000s where major manufacturers were selling computers with Linux preinstalled. A lot of netbooks and thin clients had Ubuntu as an option.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

I was not born then🙁

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Doesn't Samsung have nutty bloatware too?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Simply having the option is a good start, but a lot of people would buy those and ask "a friend" to install windows instead. I've seen that happen quite often in the early 2010s

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Like Dell?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Dell's Linux support is laughable. I have the distinct displeasure of dealing with their shit quality right now. Camera doesn't work, fans spin up for no reason, graphics card stutters / sometimes there's no hardware acceleration... Actual linux shops like system76, purism, tuxedocomputers, slimbook, and other better hardware, better pricing, and better hardware support.

Dell, Fujitsu, HP, etc. are OK as Linux hardware providers, but it's clear that their main business is till WIndows.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Samsung once used tizen instead of android just like that, Their own distro would increase traction in this platform

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You can (could?) get Thinkpads with Ubuntu preinstalled.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

ThinkPad is no longer a good computer for GNU/Linux

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Framework make good laptops that can come with Ubuntu

[–] [email protected] -3 points 11 months ago

isn't Android based on Linux?