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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.
...to figure out why my PC needs an alarm clock or camera app... sure these are useful on a phone but on my desktop they really are not useful.
[The Universe] has gone offline.
If Microsoft wants to be applauded for allowing to remove something, they could start by giving users an option to completely remove Metro and have Windows 10 set itself into Desktop mode where it shrinks all the wasted space and tiles and giant buttons that are worthless for people who don't need to use their fat fingers to select elements on a touchscreen.
I wonder what Microsoft will permit users to do next with their own system.
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.
I'm sorry Dave, I cannot allow that.
Clippy is the AI that's been running Microsoft the last 20 years. You don't think a company that size could be run by humans do you?
Cortana is how Clippy spies on you and grows his powerbase so that oneday he can conquer the world.
"That's the way to do it" - Punch
They are NOT listening. If they were listening they never would have split the OS into two personalities. If they were listening, all administration functions would be part of the OS, not in an App. If they were listening i could still disable the Store.
Good-bye
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