Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: RonB Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Hobbyware WinCrap 11 strikes again Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2025 17:07:37 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 54 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 18:07:37 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3e2a582780ad21df83ca7d7403115706"; logging-data="155571"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/DiKiNQZogpVpnMVVVUXVI" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:mbq54gSOtEBI1tQMt/wT52fWqCw= Bytes: 4080 On 2025-02-08, CrudeSausage wrote: > On 2025-02-08 10:40 a.m., RonB wrote: >> On 2025-02-08, CrudeSausage 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. I don't like Snaps at all. I do tolerate FlatPaks (and use a few of them) but if I knew how to make AppImages that's what I would prefer for Trelby. And it's not Snaps I really dislike, it's Ubuntu forcing them on you. There's other things I don't like about Ubuntu. It would definitely not be in my top 20 list. -- “Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy what has been invented or made by the forces of good.” —J.R.R. Tolkien