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  • s_s@lemm.eetoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldBDSM
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    1 month ago

    8 was at least an attempt to try to make things better for home users and get away from win32 cruff.

    Like or hate the exact approach they took, you have to admire the spirit.

    10 and 11 has been Microsoft saying “fuck em. They won’t ever be happy steal everything you can while they’re still here.”













  • s_s@lemm.eetolinuxmemes@lemmy.worldHow diffrent OSes evolve
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    3 months ago

    “couldn’t do anything”

    This was a third-party implementation problem, not an OS issue.

    By the time Third party software stopped being all loosy-goosey like the OS was windows XP, Microsoft had already re-branded the OS to Win7.

    Vista’s UAC wasn’t any more problematic than sudo is.




  • Just install the widget first, then add it to the panel.

    Think of the extra steps as an NPC guiding you back along the proper path for trying to do it in the wrong order.

    It doesn’t matter how these things are configured, you’ll have extra steps if you insist on doing them in the wrong order.

    [edit] Why does order matter? Because permissions. Why do permissions matter? Because fundamental OS security.