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CaptainSarcastic posted:
XFCE has basically been 95% the same the entire time I've used it since 2008, albeit with some sanding off of edges. That's both its strength and its weakness. They seem like they're basically strained to the max keeping up with toolkit changes and trying to get over to Wayland (newer Linux backend for GUI rendering), anyway. KDE is pretty good and is where I'll migrate if I have to switch to Wayland before XFCE is ready for Wayland. I've never been able to get GNOME 3 and using it has always been miserable for me. I don't click with Mac OS X in the exact same way.  It's just a different paradigm that doesn't work for me at all.
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It looks like Microsoft got enough pushback on removing the options in File Explorer that they are going to roll those changes back: https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/windows-11-change-proves-so-unpopular-that-microsoft-reverses-course
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Jun 23, 2023 19:49
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CaptainSarcastic posted:It looks like Microsoft got enough pushback on removing the options in File Explorer that they are going to roll those changes back: This is why Windows will never drop all the legacy bloat. Sad
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Jun 23, 2023 21:38
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Pvt. Parts posted:This is why Windows will never drop all the legacy bloat. Sad Legacy bloat is the only reason Windows is popular
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Jun 23, 2023 21:42
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Any recommendations on good/useful computer clean up and tune up type software? It's been awhile since I put together a new PC and I'm not sure if those things are really required anymore. I used to use CCleaner regularly.
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Jun 24, 2023 17:53
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MrMidnight posted:Any recommendations on good/useful computer clean up and tune up type software? It's been awhile since I put together a new PC and I'm not sure if those things are really required anymore. I used to use CCleaner regularly. Those things were never required or even useful in the first place. Windows Disk Cleanup to free up space / clean out old temp files. Uninstall old programs normally when you have old unneeded programs. Don't install random crapware in the first place.
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Jun 24, 2023 18:44
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And never underestimate the power of a clean install!
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Jun 24, 2023 19:47
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In absolutely no circumstance should you use any of that third party junkware, especially CCleaner. Computers need very little maintenance these days. Ensure you have a SSD and enough memory (and not some cracker jack box Celeron processor or something) and do a clean install every couple of years if need be.
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Alright sounds good to me! Only reason I ever used it in the past was because it was recommended by that old Tweakguides website. I just checked it out and it seems the guy who used to run it has fallen on hard times (Parkinson's). Anyway, thanks for reinforcing what I already thought!
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Jun 24, 2023 23:49
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gourdcaptain posted:XFCE has basically been 95% the same the entire time I've used it since 2008, albeit with some sanding off of edges. That's both its strength and its weakness. They seem like they're basically strained to the max keeping up with toolkit changes and trying to get over to Wayland (newer Linux backend for GUI rendering), anyway. Yeah plasma is pretty good these days and gnome had been a spiralling poo poo show for like a decade and a half more At least mate is alright
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Jun 25, 2023 01:24
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Admittedly I also miss the days of shell replacements for 9x, blackbox or something? Browsing that and rainmeter configs on deviant art was fun
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kirbysuperstar posted:Yeah plasma is pretty good these days and gnome had been a spiralling poo poo show for like a decade and a half more I abandoned Gnome when Gnome 3 was released, or slightly before, so like 2010-2011. Weird it's been so long now. 
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kirbysuperstar posted:Admittedly I also miss the days of shell replacements for 9x, blackbox or something? Browsing that and rainmeter configs on deviant art was fun Some of the Calmiras were maybe 32 bit? With a little bit of elbow grease, who knows what you can get working. I had a patched version of progman that would work up to Windows 10. But then in Windows 11 it just bluescreens 
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Jun 25, 2023 02:04
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kirbysuperstar posted:Yeah plasma is pretty good these days and gnome had been a spiralling poo poo show for like a decade and a half more What's the thing about KDE that has always annoyed me. Something about copy/paste?
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Jun 26, 2023 05:36
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I can't get over everything starting with a k and konsole is just really ugly
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VostokProgram posted:I can't get over everything starting with a k and konsole is just really ugly You're actually right. I use KDE, and I think it's the best normal desktop option out of all of them 90% of the time (and gnome is garbage now. A lot of the reasons its garbage are actually similar to the reasons people complain about Windows, ironically.) But K is just the ugliest letter.
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VostokProgram posted:I can't get over everything starting with a k and konsole is just really ugly Exposure therapy. Play Mortal Kombat.
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SwissArmyDruid posted:Exposure therapy. Play Mortal Kombat. *shudder* I got a nintendo switch to play the new zelda and nostalgia clicked on MK11, what the actual heck. I like comedy 'k' sounds in the vaudeville tradition but it has some negative connotations too.
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Jun 26, 2023 06:21
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SwissArmyDruid posted:What's the thing about KDE that has always annoyed me. Something about copy/paste? VostokProgram posted:I can't get over everything starting with a k and konsole is just really ugly Kopy/Paste?
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I use KDE in like 90% of my private computer use, and I can't think of anything weird about copy/paste. I don't do a lot of customization on my desktops, but for the most part my Windows and Linux desktops are the same, to the point I can forget which one I'm booted into if I'm not careful. That's one reason I tend to theme Windows blue and Linux green - at least that helps me tell them apart. Well, and once I move something and the wobbly windows kick in. 
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When I had dual boot, I had them about the same with all the same software mostly that i wouldn't notice which I booted until I typed traceroute in terminal and windows gets angry at me. I mostly stopped having dual boot ever since windows 10 came out with wsl and good virtualization that anything I want to do on linux wsl is there or for more advanced, fire up a vm in hyper-v. But like I agree with making windows more user proof to idiots like osx/ios/android and have centralized software/hardware driver updates instead of 50 different websites for that. however, removing advanced features that normal users don't even know where to turn on or making them only accessible in registry where you have to google as to where anything might be is idiotic, like other poster said another car analogy is. turning on sport mode or shift lock override shouldn't require disassembling the door frame, figure out which of the 200 buttons in the door frame are what for as they are unlabeled mostly aside from cryptic names and then plugging in an obd reader and changing bitcode, and if you got it wrong you bricked your car. just like you brick your windows loving around in registry for mundane things that shouldn't be there.
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Jun 26, 2023 07:40
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One of the greatest things Microsoft introduced with Windows was in 10 when they started including drivers with Windows Update. I remember the days where a mate would regularly brick his Windows XP machine and it would take me all evening and a better part of the night getting everything formatted and configured. Obviously today's hardware is leaps and bounds beyond those days but the Device Manager Space Invaders clickfest was an awful time.
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Is there a way to force the right click menu to show all the goddamn options and not like half of them with a show more option?
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Jun 26, 2023 23:51
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Maigius posted:Is there a way to force the right click menu to show all the goddamn options and not like half of them with a show more option? StartAllBack in the thread OP will do this
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Maigius posted:Is there a way to force the right click menu to show all the goddamn options and not like half of them with a show more option? In a pinch, shift right click
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Maigius posted:Is there a way to force the right click menu to show all the goddamn options and not like half of them with a show more option? I used this guide to edit the registry and restore the right click menu. I haven't had any problems. https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-open-full-right-click-menu-by-default-windows-11/
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Jun 27, 2023 09:54
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Maigius posted:Is there a way to force the right click menu to show all the goddamn options and not like half of them with a show more option? This thread's title is a reference to a solution to this in fact.
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Maigius posted:Is there a way to force the right click menu to show all the goddamn options and not like half of them with a show more option? Shift + right click
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Just downloaded the latest preview build, and choosing Hide for the search icon on the taskbar displays it, and choosing Search Icon Only hides it, lmao.
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I have a question. I'm used to setting up a local account in Windows 10 so I'd never have to use the default admin account for basic office use and internet browsing. Can I not do that in Windows 11? Currently I'm trying to do the same set up, but there are some things in Windows 11 that I can't affect in my local account, and it tells me to get permission from my admin instead. Additionally, I find the UAC prompts different than Windows 10. In Windows 10, all I'd have to do when I want to install something or change a setting was type in the PIN associated with my admin account. In Windows 11 security prompt, it asks by default for the admin password instead of the PIN I set up. Sure, I could just click to sign in another way and get to enter the PIN then that way, but it's still one click extra and different than how it used to be. Is this the normal Windows 11 experience, or are there settings I can change to resolve my problem? god please help me fucked around with this message at 08:53 on Jul 1, 2023 |
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LuckyCat posted:Just downloaded the latest preview build, and choosing Hide for the search icon on the taskbar displays it, and choosing Search Icon Only hides it, lmao. Weird, it functions normally on both my machines
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kirbysuperstar posted:Weird, it functions normally on both my machines It is weird, no idea. Not like it hurts me or anything, but funny nonetheless.  --- 
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They are just leaving the door open to resetting it under the cover of fixing a bug.
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Perplx posted:They are just leaving the door open to resetting it under the cover of fixing a bug. lmao if you think microsoft has to invent subterfuge to randomly turn on features you don't want to use.
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LuckyCat posted:It is weird, no idea. Not like it hurts me or anything, but funny nonetheless. Huh yeah. Wild. It did reset to the full box on my Surface actually.
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Upgrading to windows 11 pro for my new computer. What do I need to know as a windows 10 user?
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Install linux.
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Outpost22 posted:Install linux. Reported, advocating for self-harm.
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The only thing that’s really different is that the start menu is stuck in baby mode.
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Perplx posted:The only thing that’s really different is that the start menu is stuck in baby mode. no that was windows xp with the teething toy start menu
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