81 karma · joined February 16, 2017
It's hard for me now to love an OS that
* blatantly spies on its users[0]
* has an update mechanism that takes way too much time and CPU
* and an antivirus software that scans those updates, making the machine even slower
* shows ads, even though users paid for the OS[1]
* in its "professional" edition comes preinstalled with all kinds of cruft like Candy Crush[2][3]
* in its home edition blocking users to install a different browser, patronizingly claiming that Edge is the best[4]
Switching to Linux made me feel like I actually own my machine again.
[0]https://www.privacytools.io/operating-systems/#win10
[1]https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/how-to-remove-the-most-annoying...
[2]https://i.imgur.com/qhoV17Q.png
[3]https://www.pcmag.com/news/windows-10-will-come-with-candy-c...
Honestly curious, are you referring to Microsoft's illegal[0] tactics to destroy Netscape?
[0]https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2000/04/04/j...
Thank you, Daniel, for creating it and all the volunteers who maintain and improve it.
I donated some time ago to the project here: https://curl.haxx.se/donation.html
I encourage everyone who used it to do the same.
Don't let the crazies get to you.
https://github.com/tyru/open-browser.vim
Here's my config from the vimrc:
" Disable netrw's gx mapping
let g:netrw_nogx = 1
" If the current word is a URL, open it in the browser. Else, pass it to a search engine
nmap gx <Plug>(openbrowser-smart-search)
vmap gx <Plug>(openbrowser-smart-search)
let g:openbrowser_default_search="duckduckgo"
The comment you refer to wasn't at all about Qt and the article about accessibility.
Of course, when somebody introduces bugs, that's a problem and should be talked about. But you can do that respectfully without sugarcoating the affair.
Source?
Additionally, I use It's All Text[2] to write comments like these using Vim.
[1] https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/vimfx/
[2] https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/its-all-text/