You can remove Edge and Bing Search on Windows 11 even if you don't live in Europe
Submitted 11 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to technology@lemmy.world
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TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
You Linux supremecists are so edgy…
I just Linux sometimes, too… But like… This shit is getting so old. We get it, you like Linux.
PoorAristocat@lemmynsfw.com 11 months ago
I only have Linux on my servers at home and at work, as well as on my laptop, and I agree with that, it’s arrogant and getting so damn old.
d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 11 months ago
your platform.
You do realize you’re posting this on a opensource platform, which runs on Linux, and is maintained by volunteers who are enthusiastic about this stuff?
If you don’t like all the Linux talk here, feel free to move to a proprietary platform instead, maybe one with a red alien logo…
Sanctus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Honestly, your bitching was far more intrusive than this unharmful joke. That joke was actually funny.
BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I don’t get why you’re offended by someone jokingly pushing Linux?
To be fair, there are so many opportunities to make these jokes because of how Microsoft behaves that maybe that’s the real issue here?
Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
I mean… Linux does solve the problem described. Why pay for a platform with the problem when the solution is free?
Bye@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You food supremecists are so edgy…
I eat food sometimes, too… But like… This is getting so old.
We get it, you like food. Now let people talk about eating human shit without constantly talking about what you put in your mouth.
We just want to eat human shit in peace. Stop telling us there’s a better way, we get it, you don’t like human shit and you think we should be eating food instead. Stop preaching about it.
Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi 11 months ago
Was half-expecting Rick Astley ngl
EatMyPixelDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
Beat me to it!
cheese_greater@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This needs to happen with Appl too. AppleTV app for MacOS + SIP my ass. Its not integral and if you’ve made it so you need to unmake it so, along with other bundled crap. SIP should literally refer to that and only that in aggregate which is necessary to ensure the system is able to function, not per se function in an un-overruleable way for the maker.
penquin@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Don’t forget TV brands like samsung and LG who force some apps down your throat even if you don’t want them. You can’t remove those apps. Amazon is even worse with their firetv devices, they just install apps on your behalf that you can’t remove. We don’t own anything anymore.
cheese_greater@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Ya but I can just use a box and not have the TV itself connected to the internet and you can have it in gaming mode so you basically never see the splash screen with all tha crap
Octopus1348@thelemmy.club 11 months ago
Yes. They should allow removing apps like Safari and, as you said, Apple TV, iMessage, and other non-basic computer utilities, then downloading them again from the App Store. On an unrelated note, I turn off SIP also to change the icons of system apps.
badbytes@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Wait Windows users are allowed to manage their software ?!? Get out of town.
progettarsi@feddit.it 11 months ago
yes, and it’s easier than linux
Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world 11 months ago
checks notes Registry editing?
irotsoma@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Way too late…I switched away from Windows 100% already. Linux works perfectly fine.
4lan@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Tell that to someone that uses fusion 360 to earn their living.
If you are just going to Facebook and downloading movies and stuff sure…
Linux is great for my home server, terrible for my main machine.
Lazhward@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Your problem is using your personal machine for work.
deezer25@lemm.ee 11 months ago
It runs just fine github.com/…/Autodesk-Fusion-360-for-Linux
GiddyGap@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Too many of the programs I use are Windows only.
irotsoma@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Like what? I’ve found alternatives or many run just fine using Wine. Might run a little slower if your computer is older, but likely everything else is running faster on Linux anyway, so it makes up for it.
Synthead@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Why is this a topic at all?
cheese_greater@lemmy.world 11 months ago
C’mon bro
dan1101@lemm.ee 11 months ago
So far, but try uninstalling Edge and then imagine an average non-technical user trying to.
LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 11 months ago
Or just use Bulk Crap Uninstaller
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I just bulk crap uninstalled windows and moved to Linux
1bluepixel@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Linux users truly are the vegans of the tech world.
lemmyvore@feddit.nl 11 months ago
You must’ve kept the button pressed too long. Oh well.
LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 11 months ago
I’m working on that
Octopus1348@thelemmy.club 11 months ago
Does this also impact Apple, will they also need to allow removing Safari? If yes, is it possible that they might allow removing other things like iMessage and Apple TV?
icedterminal@lemmy.world 11 months ago
On macOS it’s always been possible to remove built in apps. To do so now though requires disabling SIP and mounting as R/W. Then you can use something like this to remove all traces freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
Octopus1348@thelemmy.club 11 months ago
They regenerate after an update, there is also a way to remove Edge on Windows by manually running the uninstaller from the terminal with some options, but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s not easy and you can’t just uninstall it like any other app.
MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 11 months ago
If even MS themselves calls it “benefits”, why not enabled it for all?
Nelots@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Because fuck you.
Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
A reminder that you own your machine. If you chose the paid-spyware OS, why complain about it?
TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Linux users when somebody doesn’t type out an essay to install a program
Ganbat@lemmyonline.com 11 months ago
I give it one year before this goes the way of the Windows 10 start menu registry tweak.
answersplease77@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Can you just do right click uninstall? or do you have to follow a 12 step hacker method that would cause updates to stop working until you reinstall windows again?
Windows has become the most bloated ad-infested spyware os in existance and more people are leaving it more than ever before. In just few more years, it will be a thing of the past
egerlach@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Reading the article, you do some registry edits to tell Windows that it’s in Europe. Then you uninstall as if you were in Europe. No word on what other consequences this might have.
SasquatchBanana@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This is what I want to know as well. Is it a simple process or more involved?
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Debloat windows if you need to use it for work or something
criticalthreshold@lemmy.world 11 months ago
A youtuber that actually devs and provides tools for the public?
What a gigachad.
pastermil@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Still waiting for that LTSC
sagrotan@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You can remove Windows completely from your life with very little effort, no matter where you live and it’s free! In the world of today there is no need whatsoever for that exploitive and in short bad OS anymore.
Sorgan71@lemmy.world 11 months ago
unless you want your programs to run
Fedizen@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I mean some stuff is still running windows 98
Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Which one? apache2? mysql? php-fpm? python? ftp? smb? nodejs?
Not sure about you, but I’m using those to make my living.
4lan@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This comment is so out of touch.
I work in CAD and 3D printing and I’d be completely dead in the water if I used Linux.
No fusion 360, no cura
I bet there are plenty of other apps that I rely on that are not available on Linux.
I’m not some sort of Windows fanboy either. I’m disgusted with their action in the recent years.
I run Linux on my home server, but not my main computing machine
cole@lemdro.id 11 months ago
To be fair, PrusaSlicer and its derivatives do have native Linux support. And you can use Onshape from the browser on Linux just fine and it is honestly really good. I do a lot of this stuff too
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Agreed, I hate how people blindly use Windows because “that’s what my shitty HP laptop shipped with”
BrianTheFirst@lemmy.world 11 months ago
…unless you have a machine that doesn’t run linux well.
registrert@lemmy.sambands.net 11 months ago
If it’s been a while you could try again as the kernel gets updated with support for various hardware.
One of my laptops was awful with Linux but after a good while I tried reinstalling a fresh distro and it ran like a dream.
tabular@lemmy.world 11 months ago
As in the PC has some hardware which only has proprietary drivers from the manufacturer?
AlecSadler@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Sort of?
I run Visual Studio Enterprise, no, VS Code is not sufficient for some needs.
I have to edit complex PDFs in Adobe. Free, open source readers are not enough.
Even the best linux RDP or WebRTC or otherwise apps still don’t seem to provide quite the same speed as RDP into windows hosts/servers.
I have to use Teams daily across multiple orgs, and the seemingly discontinued Linux support in lieu of the less-featured browser app / PWA just doesn’t fly.
I’ve found building windows apps on Linux, while seemingly supposed to be net similar, often times do not turn out right.
Need full featured O365 to integrate with your work’s O365? No go. Closest is installing edge on Linux and using the web version, which is subpar.
I hate windows, I use Linux when I can, but to say you can remove it from your life with very little effort is a blanket statement that is just unrealistic for many. To say there is no need is just off base.
Source: I use Windows, PopOS, KDE, Mint, and that apple OS thing that I hate more than Windows.
ikidd@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Like that would fix the OS.
DudeDudenson@lemmings.world 11 months ago
I agree it’s very easy and takes very little force to remove windows from your life. Adopting another OS in the other hand…