• John Carlsen@sfba.social
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      @enigma @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social

      As I recall:
      Microsoft Windows used to have good online help, circa 1991-1994 (Windows 3.1).
      It was based on the Rich Text Format (RTF).
      Then Microsoft added a web browser, and called it Internet Explorer.
      Internet Explorer really wasn’t very good for exploring the internet, apparently because its development had been rushed and it didn’t display some things like other browsers would.
      Then Microsoft argued in court that its web browser was an integral part of Windows, which Windows could not work without.
      Then the judge removed the web browser from his own Windows-based computer and experienced no problems.
      Then Microsoft changed its online help to HTML and made us use its web browser to access it.

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        It is still required, as Google had to do the same with Android, offering multiple search engines and presenting them to the user (at least that happened to me with my phone), but after doing it in Windows 8.1, Microsoft probably thought that it was enough compliance to keep “those nagging EU politicians” away.

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          I just found out that the agreement between Microsoft and the EU commission was only valid between 2009 and 2014. So MS is no longer obliged to make the change of the default browser easy.

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            What a shame, as now it would be more needed than ever :c

            But thank you for correcting me.

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    @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social I’ve been using Plasma 6 as my daily driver for three weeks now, and it’s really good! I’m grateful for all the time that developers, testers, and doc writers have spent on this project. I decided to ditch Windows after getting yet another nudge to “please create a microsoft account”.

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    1. Ditch Windows
    2. Install Plasma
    3. Your computer is ready.

    Oh, hey, I already did that! I’ll have you know that once I did, my computer was no longer broken and my life changed— Colors became more vivid. Birdsong sounds sweeter. Food tastes better. My wife got even hotter. And I even discovered the secret to nuclear fusion!

    Joking aside, ever since switching to Linux, my machine had never run better.

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      I have rescued several laptops that were struggling with Windows by installing Linux, and KDE Plasma is excellent these days. My 7 year old Dell XPS, which had become unusably slow and hot under Windows 11 despite repastes and cleaning, runs OpenSUSE Tumbleweed like it’s a new machine.

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    What is wrong with all those kde links in the comments? Are y’all bots?! Hella annoying.

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      They probably either use a different client, or a different federated service, that lets them mark multiple participants in each post of the thread.

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      Mastodon users need to mention the user and the community name in order to make or reply to Lemmy comments.

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    @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social
    I love KDE so much. If I didn’t rely on certain creative software for work, I’d ditch macOS in an instant.
    And I think that’s one of the reasons people just aren’t able to switch over from Windows.

    But hey, every other computer in the house that isn’t a Mac runs Fedora KDE. 😃

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      I feel the same about KDE and Windows. I only keep Windows for some music production stuff and legacy .NET application maintenance. The rest of the time I avoid it and use Linux and KDE, a far more pleasant experience.

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    1. “Repair” computer.
    2. Use MS Edge for the first time.
    3. Use bing.com for the first time.
    4. Search for “best Linux distro for gaming”.
    5. Ditch Windows.