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Agreed on snaps. But that is Gnome Ubuntu. After my last message, I installed Kubuntu on a test machine to see if it can be de-canonified, and surprisingly, its dead simple. So far, I only had to remove two packages (and only one is related to snaps), installed flatpaks on discover and that was...

the worst part is that it isn't really a linux issue its an issue with others specifically blocking linux. But yeah, it doesn't affect me, Netflix catalog is crap where I live. the Minimal Installation of Kubuntu is basically KDE desktop. Almost completely free of Canonical crap. I'm pretty...

Short answer, no. Long answer, yesn't. Brave does have widevine support, but that by itself is not much when the system doesn't. Ubuntu has mentioned the issue on the past, but their focus is more on the corpos these days so I havn't really checked. Kubuntu would be your best bet if any distro...

Over here its an old Dell 7559 (6th gen intel + GTX 960m), with debian KDE, its only able to output 4K at 30hz, but for netflix and video playback its more than enough. as for two ipads, heh, 'get on my level pleb': I often use the PC (on a 48" TV since my monitor died), a 10" android tablet...

or take an old PC, and use it as the "Smart" part of the TV, running linux or heavily debloated windows. I have a 3rd gen nuc here doing just that, with Tuxedo OS, and actively blacklisted my Samsung TVs from my network, they are just THAT intrusive.

That is a known issue since windows 8.1, in fact. Spotify needs to be installed from a user account. from the programs I use(d) and Automated it was the only offender though.

very easy in fact, all you need to do is modify the autounattend.xml settings to create that user account and log into it... now whether it is for the best or not... are you using intel or AMD? (some ryzen processors have, or had, not sure if it has been fixed, a notable performance penalty out...

Be a little more specific please. Is it not showing properly, is it not starting at all when the button is clicked? I removed 700 components from Pro and mine works (and its the sole reason I haven't migrated over to linux, touch keyboard is erratic there). maybe attach your profile, I can...

JpegView - FOSS and pretty simple to use, very close to old photo viewer. https://github.com/sylikc/jpegview

I use this one, its simple, very versatile and lightweight (I also use the same guy's firewall, its very powerful and simple to use.): https://github.com/henrypp/freeshooter combined with https://github.com/sylikc/jpegview for image viewing.

The names are fine, actually. Virtual Compute Accelerators are nonsense that has no use right now, much like NPUs (only copilot really uses those and if we consumers had it our way, Copilot wouldn't even exist). DirectML is just an translator layer, really, to put it simply, it converts all...

Also on simplewall: its worth noting that it uses a slightly older (but very power protocol, WFP, so it doesn't play nicely with some of the newer switches introduced in the new control panel. I recently had an issue where certain programs could not prompt for internet access if I had a custom...

Ok, so I have a small component report to make nuhi, but not in the way one would normally expect: So, the problematic components are Drivers > Neural Processors >> VCA.inf (Virtual Compute Accelerators) System > Windows AI Machine Learning >> Direct Machine Learning (DirectML) cause a bug...

Small question, but does the standard graphics driver gets a video output? If yes, why not install NVidia drivers post setup (especially if NV Slimmed, they would take a LOT less of space done that way). Just use the switches [path to Geforce Folder]\Setup.exe /clean /noreboot /passive /noeula...

For the NVidia driver, one option is to use NVSlimmer to get rid of the parts of the driver you don't need (like USB-C, Shadow Play or Geforce Experience) BEFORE you slipstream said drivers into the image. I do that on a broken notebook I have which has no inbuilt Screen and HDMI output hooked...

nuhi: if nothing else, I found something that breaks when removing that, even if its a particularly niche case: Once you remove it, the On Screen Keyboard in the Taskbar stops working, but only if you have StartAllBack installed. Not sure if that information is useful, but its out there now.

Yes, I was discussing this just another day. One of the problems with Linux community is that too many devs are worried about FOSS Philosophy and how things should work in an ideal world, instead of how to make them work in the world we live, use and need them to. Its kind of the reason I use...

I bet you it is intentional. Bake a bunch of unwanted features with one very much needed and power users will not be able to get rid of it. It's Genius! - Or so some engineer at M$ thinks. Its too much, apparently, to want an OS that its just that: an Operating system to run your programs and...

I'm not sure if it is you case, but there are some operations that need to be executed at user level, which is AFTER setupcomplete.cmd runs. one infamous example was spotify installer, is simply did NOT allow an installation for all users, but lately, I use it for WindowsUpdateBlocker and...

I found the problem and the issue was that I was being too sleep deprived to think straight. Turns out you can't integrate extra language packs on Windows Home SINGLE LANGUAGE, who would've thought. :rolleyes: Sorry for being a dumbass.