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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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

System 76

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 2 years ago

I was not born then🙁

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Doesn't Samsung have nutty bloatware too?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years 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] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Like Dell?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years 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 2 years ago

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

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

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

ThinkPad is no longer a good computer for GNU/Linux

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Framework make good laptops that can come with Ubuntu

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 years ago

isn't Android based on Linux?