I made this thread originally in GD. It would be nice if the mod notify me of the move, though. But, yeah, it was random as heck. Caught me off guard.
OK, moved back. I’m presuming it was just a random board hiccup, as normally when a mod moves a thread they would post up why they were moving it.
Manilla Vanilla acting up. Are the severs being ran on Server 2016, with 3rd party Windows Store apps to manage your AD with the click of one button easy to use interface? (Made by Pajeet Currynan and Idris Abdulrahman Elbow). Or did Vanilla get the bundle of Mac Pros that m00t used, circa mid 2000’s?
The only way you were charged for an update of Windows was if you had to buy a new OS or a new pre-built system. Win 10 upgrade was free for a year after which it was charged like a new OS.
Windows 7 --> Windows 10 = shooting yourself in the foot
Windows 8/8.1 --> Windows 10 = an improvement
I had a copy of Windows 8 that I received from a friend a few years back. Used the Win 8 key to register a copy of Windows 10. I haven’t installed Win 10 on any computer used for usefulness, but when time arises I will install it on a new computer. Just won’t use it for productivity.
Ironic that Microsoft doesn’t use their own products on their servers but uses Linux/UNIX and such…
Context? IIRC most of the times you’d see non-MS stuff would be in acquisitions where you don’t want to fuck with how that company is running until you’re sure the changeover is smooth.
Here’s a thought for Microsoft…
Create a Linux distribution with a Windows GUI option…
Wait, so it’s ‘ironic’ and yet we’re talking about some random* network switch *software? You’re got amazingly low standards for interesting and/or quality articles. I find OS advocacy to be pretty dumb: if we could stay on general topic that’d be tight. Use what you enjoy, move on with your life. :tup:
Missed the Free Windows 10 Upgrade? Psst, Here’s a Backdoor!
Anybody downloaded the anniversary update yet?
I downloaded it but still haven’t used it. My desktop is updating with it now.
What browser works best for Windows 10, btw? Chrome seems to lag for every day browsing. Shit is starting to grind my patience into nothing.
Firefox is back ahead of Chrome imo, it had a bad a slump but they got in gear. Chromes getting bloated and the multi-instance really needs to go away from the task manager.
If you really want your PC to work you need to clean than windows 10 virus off your computer and go back to 7.
Edge’s main problem was its lack of support for extensions, but it has that now (and they’re easy to port from Chrome so we should be seeing a lot of them quickly). Has good integration with Win 10 overall.
Opera has been a beast since it switched to chromium. Now it can use Chrome addons in addition to being insanely fast.
Firefox is trash. Very few redeeming qualities left now that they’re copying so many things from Chrome to compete. At least Firefox for Android is still a beast.
Edges main problem is it’s Microsoft, if every one keeps marching in to walled gardens digital concentration camps the open internet will cease. I am already planning for a full migration to Linux once Windows 7 becomes nonviable. If I have to stop modern gaming I’ll go full retro.
Anyone privacy/freedom minded should make a civic minded effort to avoid using Google/M$ products whenever viable.
Until last month I had been on Chrome for 2-3 years, I periodically returned to Firefox and it was disappointing. Even the text rendering was ugly and hard on the eyes.
But I am back on FF and here’s what I like.
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[] Text rendering/Fonts optimized (caught up to chrome)
[] Chromes still milliseconds faster in benchmarks.
[] Firefox memory usage is lower over all, and it doesn’t muck my taskmaster up with 20-30 instances like Chrome does.
[] Better control over elements removal, blocking images.
[*] Ad blocker ultimate, great fork of ABP. The block lists are more aggressive and it is stealth, meaning you don’t get “Please disable ad-block”
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So performance wise it’s back at parity with chrome imo. It hadn’t been for awhile.
But here is the deal breaker for me, Chrome aggressively tracks and coordinates everything for content shaping, and I don’t like content shaping.
When I go to a news aggregator I don’t like Chrome coordinating and shaping the head lines, getting organic results whether it’s a search or any kind of content is important to me and Googles engaging in way to much fuckery to entrust that task to them anymore.
Firefox is building a new foundation for the browser that uses multiple processes just like Chrome does. You would’ve known this had you opened the link I posted. Pretty much everything you like about FF now is a direct result of their efforts to now make it exactly like Chrome. Older FF addons won’t even work anymore soon because they’re switching to the same WebExtensions API used by Chrome.
Ad Blocker Ultimate is on Chrome too.
Besides all that, there’s no such thing as privacy on the internet. Have fun on Linux though.
I am not talking about privacy, (But varying degrees are attainable).
I am talking about content shaping, sizing me up and tailoring results/content based on what it thinks I want. Firefox has better “Fuck off” settings. Chrome is way to eager to tell sites who I am logged in via Glogin and takes way too many liberties without confirmation.
If performance remains at parity I’d rather not empower google.
I just wish the Chrome side of life would make the ABP/ABU arena compare to FF’s rendition. Not getting the “Open Blockable Items” option pisses me off. That thing is so damn potent…
It’s a model that closely follows real life. Your statement makes no sense because it is irreverent. Ignoratio elenchi.
The question isn’t whether or not privacy exists, but rather what acceptable levels of privacy should exist.
You can’t expect privacy while walking down the street, but it’s reasonable to expect it within your own home. Same thing goes for Internet. You shouldn’t expect privacy when posting on a public web forum, but you should expect it when sending personal emails. I’m not talking about users who place trust in third party providers like Gmail or Hotmail, but rather, you sending mail over your own servers, to another person’s account and vice versa.
There is always an expected and acceptable level of privacy in free society. The problem is that privacy, by it’s very nature diminishes convenience, which is a concept that varies from person to person. Therefore, expected and acceptable levels of privacy can be very different from person to person.
Perfect example is a person who is trying to hide a matter that is trivial to most people, but highly dangerous to others. People who live in highly-controlled environments, for example, might be affected far more adversely for having their porn viewing habits exposed than the average person, for whom it may simply be a matter of embarrassment.
Privacy exists. The important part is how much is reasonable to expect from the sources that are tasked with maintaining it.
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