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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: Hobbyware WinCrap 11 strikes again
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 18:30:03 -0000 (UTC)
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CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote at 16:05 this Saturday (GMT):
> On 2025-02-08 10:40 a.m., RonB wrote:
>> On 2025-02-08, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>>> On 2025-02-08 3:49 a.m., RonB wrote:
>>>> I guess checking the battery capacity is the last thing my Latitude 5300
>>>> will ever do on Windows 11. When I exited it did a small update. When I
>>>> rebooted after the update it wanted to do a disk check (and I stupidly let
>>>> it do so). After doing that and rebooting it ran into a BSOD ("we ran into a
>>>> problem"). It then wants to run diagnostics, attempts a repair and... we
>>>> start the whole loop all over again. (I tried this about six times and
>>>> finally told myself, "well, enough of that bullshit.")
>>>>
>>>> Adios WinCrap 11. the space can better be used by Linux Mint anyhow (which
>>>> still boots fine). Another computer that will be completely freed from
>>>> Windows.
>>>
>>> I would be lying if I said that it never happened to me before.
>> 
>> I was beginning to think Windows 11 was fairly solid. This surprised me. I
>> don't why, but I had a bad feeling when I let it do a "disk check." I was
>> more worried that Windows would trash my Linux grub setup for booting,
>> though, I didn't think it would trash itself.
>> 
>> I went ahead and deleted the Windows partitions with GParted and installed
>> Debian 12 in its place. I'm experimenting with creating .deb packages for
>> Trelby (which I found isn't that hard to do) so it'll be nice to have a
>> Debian install for testing purposes. (Linux Mint is more like Ubuntu and
>> Debian and LM are actually different enough that I have to test both.)
>> 
>> Speaking of Ubuntu, I've come to despise it and it's damn Snaps. I found out
>> that the Snap version of Firefox refuses to read .html files if they're not
>> in the home (and/or, I suppose, the Snap) directory. The documentation for
>> Trelby can't be read by it (installed in its normal directory). When I
>> uninstall the Snap version of Firefox, it won't allow me to install the .deb
>> version. They're definitely turning into control freaks at Ubuntu (kind of
>> like Windows and Mac OS).
>
> I'm not a fan of Flatpak or Snap anymore and see them both as something 
> to use if you don't have a choice. I like the theory behind both, but 
> they often ignore your theme, take longer to load or have trouble 
> integrating with the rest of the system. If I absolutely had to go for 
> one or the other though, I would choose Flatpak even though Snap is 
> theoretically superior.


Yeah, the only Flatpak I think I have installed is Bottles.. AppImages I
have a lot of.
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