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Microsoft Allows Users To Remove Some System Applications in Windows 10 Insider Preview 14936 (ghacks.net)
Until now, Microsoft restricted users from deleting many of the system applications on Windows 10. But it is finally giving users that option in the latest Windows 10 Insider Preview -- 14936. From an article on Ghacks:If you open the Mail and Calendar application for instance, you will notice that the uninstall button is active now. This means that you can remove the system app from the machine without having to resort to Powershell or third-party programs to do so. Users who are on the stable version of Windows 10 cannot uninstall system apps using the apps & features menu currently. It seems likely that Microsoft will introduce the feature with the next feature update, codename Redstone 2, which will be out in 2017. Before you start jumping up and down in joy, note that some system applications cannot be removed. While you can uninstall Mail and Calendar, Calculator, Groove Music, Maps, and Weather, you cannot remove Alarm & Clock, Camera, Cortana, Messaging, and others.
That bitch is even more intrusive than Clippy. My Windows 10 box was popping up every 3 minutes trying to redirect me to Bing for some spam or another. I finally figured out how to disable her, turning off just about every feature.
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When will debian let me remove systemd?
As a longtime Gentoo user I can honestly say, "what systemd?" Oh, it's available and I can install it if I wanted to, but I'm sticking with OpenRC. The occasional kernel update is the only reason this machine ever has downtime so I don't give a shit about bootup times. Meanwhile I don't like having Poettering and Red Hat using politics to try to force software down our throats.
Gentoo's entire purpose is providing user choice. They often encourage you to file a bug if you ever encounter a scenario where you can't make your own choice. If you want systemd, they'll help you configure it. If you don't, they'll help you with that too. To my knowledge Debian has never publically stated that user choice is their main purpose. So ... are you surprised that they made an important choice for you?? Why do you think there are different distros anyway? It's not just about default settings on installation, you know.
For those that don't know how to uninstall them, here's the powershell method:
Provisioned apps (the ones that get installed with each new profile, the reason Windows 8+ is so slow in loading a new profile)
Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -online | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online
All users apps:
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage
Specifif user apps (can be local accounts)
Get-AppxPackage -User domain\account | Remove-AppxPackage'
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The problem is that its not an .exe anymore, its a sandboxed app that reports everything you calculate with it. We still need a calculator, just not a connected one.
Good-bye