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Just a JSON file in Windows 11 enables Edge, Bing, and Search ads removal (winaero.com)
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[–] Aurix@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is the registry actually being phased out?

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 12 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Of course not, we need to be able to store the huge amount of detailed settings in a OS somewhere.

[–] Aurix@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Linux does with .conf files and directories which is kinda the same thing.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 8 points 11 months ago (3 children)

GNOME has their own version of a registry, unfortunately.

[–] deanne@iusearchlinux.fyi 6 points 11 months ago

dconf enters the chat

[–] FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

I hate dconf too

[–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 3 points 11 months ago

dconf is way easier than Windows Registry though. I've only ever had to touch it to enable pre-release settings.

[–] uis@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

/etc

[–] gatelike@feddit.de 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

in a registry though? maybe the registry in windows is so hard to work with and automate that it is the reason that Linux took all of windows market share for computers that do work (everything but desktops)

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

??? Ms never had a large server market share. Linux took over unix in the server market.

[–] Holdoooo@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

You don't have to use it, there's app data folders now.