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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by viraptor on Monday May 19, 2025 @11:31PM (#44037519)
> when I do I type what I'm looking for before my eyes even move to look at that start menu.

That's a /s, right? When I start typing immediately after the windows button, the initial letters are lost, the results are bad either way, and most turn into just web suggestions rather than things named exactly like the input.

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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by aydyn on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @12:08AM (#44037691)
Turn off web suggestions then?
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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by viraptor on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @12:34AM (#44037823)
I did. They come back after some of the updates.
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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by 0x457 on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @01:38PM (#44053979)
> That's a /s, right? When I start typing immediately after the windows button, the initial letters are lost, the results are bad either way, and most turn into just web suggestions rather than things named exactly like the input.

No, I rarely have issues with search in start menu.

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