Microsoft blocks EdgeDeflector to force Windows 11 users into Edge

Re:Microsoft blocks EdgeDeflector to force Windows 11 users ... by trey-jones on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @08:05AM (#29252474)

Yes, this all rings true. I recently did a fresh install of Windows 10, the first fresh install I think I've done in about 13 years (XP at the time, later upgraded to 7 and eventually 10). I was struck by every step of the installation process:

Can we have your information?

Can we have your information please?

Will you allow us to collect and sell your information?

Please give Edge a try, it's great, really!

And yet I can see that VS Code is great, though I don't use it myself. I use lsp-mode every day, and I think that's even more important than VS Code itself. And the LSP is brought to us by Micro$oft as well. Definitely a dichotomy.

I will give credit where it may be due however - I did install WSL for the first time, and while not perfect, it's pretty good! Better than Cygwin for sure is my initial impression.

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Re:Microsoft blocks EdgeDeflector to force Windows 11 users ... by mikepurvis on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @08:18AM (#29252596)

I know you probably know this, but Cygwin, WSL, and WSL2 are all very different from each other in approach despite the superficial similarity of purpose being to run Linux/POSIX applications on Windows.

Cygwin is a source level API adaptor, so recompilation is required. WSL is an ABI adaptor like the reverse of WINE. WSL2 is an adapted Linux kernel running in a featherweight VM.

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Re:Microsoft blocks EdgeDeflector to force Windows 11 users ... by trey-jones on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @08:23AM (#29252633)

Perhaps I should have just said, "much, much easier than Cygwin."

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