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Microsoft Edge nags users with a 3D banner to change Windows 11's default browser (www.windowslatest.com)

Would you use Edge as your default browser on Windows 11 if Microsoft nags you with a 3D banner? Microsoft thinks you would. In a new experiment, which appears to be rolling out to Edge stable on Windows 11, Microsoft has turned on a banner that uses 3D graphics to promote the browser....

wispydust ,

I get that Edge may not be the preferred browser of many, but calling this a “3D banner” seems a bit sensational at best. It’s just clipart of an arrow.

wispydust ,

A news report I read said it was a heart attack 😔

wispydust ,

What hardware solution did you go with?

wispydust ,

Seeing the headline I was expecting to see Unihertz Jelly Star too! I’m really curious about the experience of a 3-inch phone

Encrypted hard drive asking for password every time

I recently switched to Linux (Zorin OS) and I selected “use ZFS and encrypt” during installation. Now before I can log in it asks me “please unlock disk keystore-rpool” and I have to type in the encryption password it before I’m able to get to the login screen....

wispydust ,

This reply isn’t going to be helpful to OP, but thought I might add context for others passing by.

I’m using Arch Linux with LUKS encryption and gdm. As long as my user’s password is the same as the LUKS password, I only ever type my password in once.

Just saying that a MacOS-like convenience is definitely possible on Linux.

wispydust ,

Oof - forgot to mention that I do have autologin configured on gdm 😀

wispydust ,

Tangent here, but I love how the article refers to Twitter as “Twitter (currently known as X)” instead of the other way around

wispydust ,

So… Like a Pokeball for humans? 🤔

wispydust ,

With how most monitors being wide-screen (or even ultra-wide), horizontal might make more sense

wispydust ,

I usually use Roboto or Inter as my desktop font on gtk/gnome

wispydust ,

Mostly okay. My only annoyance is setting up electron apps to use Wayland.

wispydust ,

Thanks for the tip. Just to be clear… are these instructions for cleaning the glasses, or the microfibre cloth?

Does Linux even work properly on Dell XPS laptops?

the more i am delving into things, the dell documentations are saying that the two really aren’t compatible except for like an outdated version of ubuntu… I never even thought about this, but looking back in time, I’ve tried many distros and the all have had some sort of internal issues that I couldn’t figure out and had...

wispydust ,

I’ve found it works flawlessly on mine, with a minor caveat that the fingerprint sensor doesn’t work (some Dell models do, just not the one I got). I’m using Arch Linux on a 9310 2-in-1.

I suggest checking the Arch Wiki The wiki has compatibility notes for many XPS laptops on what works, what doesn’t, and what workarounds may be available. If you’re not planning on using Arch, your distro of choice may have a wiki with that info too.

Hyprland is a toxic community (drewdevault.com)

Hyprland is an open source Wayland compositor based on wlroots, a project I started back in 2017 to make it easier to build good Wayland compositors. It’s a project which is loved by its users for its emphasis on customization and “eye candy” – beautiful graphics and animations, each configuration tailored to the unique...

wispydust ,

Hmm, I feel like there’s some nuances around Hyprland (and it’s kind of window managers) that makes having a place for discussion valuable.

  • Plugin development discussions
  • Configuration recipes and troubleshooting (Configs for tiling wm’s often are like 500-line software projects)
  • …and sometimes its just fun to chat with like-minded people who share a similar philosophy on the tools they use on their computers

I’m not a hyprland user, but I find it valuable to lurk around SwayWM communities on Discord and Reddit.

wispydust ,

The Google Drive integration is amazing! It’s such a part of my everyday use case. The gnome team did a great job.

wispydust ,

Gnome is not so bad. It has a decent on screen keyboard that’s very useable. I occasionally use it on my Dell 2-in-1 laptop.

wispydust ,

Got a recommendation for something that has a battery? I think the Gamesir one is nice but I’d like one that can charge the phone like you’re suggesting!

How do you find (fun & interesting) accounts to to follow on Mastadon?

On Twitter I mostly followed people I knew in real life, comedians, some novelty and parody accounts. I joined Mastadon and I really don’t see anything interesting to me looking at trending posts and what not. It seems very grown up and dry. I miss a little of the “Wild West” aspect of twitter from early 2010’s with...

wispydust ,

Every now and then I’d look at the “Explore” tab and follow random accounts.

Doesn’t matter if they only have a few toots that resonate with me… Following costs nothing and I can always unfollow later.

Follow in explore (or boosted toots), unfollow what gets noisy, repeat

wispydust ,

Take my upvote and get outta here

wispydust ,

I’m curious, how do you use RSS to stay up to date with Genshin content? What kind of feeds do you follow?

wispydust ,

What software is driving that custom on screen keyboard? I think it’s brilliant!

wispydust ,

TickTick is another great option

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