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I know, right? Why deal with Problem X when Problem Y also exists?

Good, thanks. You?

Good, thanks. You?

Good, thanks. You?

Good, thanks. You?

If you've got a spare quarter-hour, take a listen to the disquiet all those gifts can cause.

I don’t know why but I thought they were some special inaccessible computers.

It's their marketing. Marketing, marketing, bullshit and marketing. Macs get viruses, Macs have vulnerabilities, Macs crash. Doesn't matter how much their indoctrinated fans might claim otherwise, Macs are just weird PCs. In that context, their refusal to allow their owners to control them is all the more jarring and makes owning the older models like you mentioned all the more sensible.

"Federation" is like "non-fungible token". Everyone knows what it is, but they've never heard it called that.

For locked-down devices, they'll be running LTSC or LTSB editions (Long-Term Support Channel/Branch), or Windows Embedded, which are simplified and heavily customisable versions of Windows. For general-purpose devices, they'll be using Pro or Enterprise versions of Windows which, crucially, support Group Policy. Using GP it is very, very easy for a single admin to configure an arbitrarily large number of Windows machines to work exactly how they want them to work, including configuration options that aren't otherwise exposed to the end user in any way.

Edit: just to add: the lack of an equivalent of Group Policy is what is preventing Linux becoming widespread in businesses. If you think you know of a service for Linux that works like Group Policy, then you don't know Group Policy.

winget install -e --id Mozilla.Firefox --accept-package-agreements already works prefectly.

Can you raise both your arms above your head? Do you smell burnt toast?

Netscape.

Anyone else remember this badboy?

For the uninitiated, BrowserChoice.eu was a popup and associated website that Microsoft was forced to create by the EU courts becasue of their monopoly in 2010.

Also, an opinion: Edge was a great browser even before they switched to Chromium. I wish they'd kept at it so there was a better variety of rendering engines out there.

Tgese Nuts lmao gottem

"Lies". Just "lies".