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New comment by emulio in "Opera: Rewind The Web to 1996 (Opera at 30)"

emulio — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 11:44:59 +0000

I hope Opera will be resurrected on the old Presto engine. It was amazingly fast. Back then, Chromium and Firefox were much slower.

New comment by emulio in "Just the Browser"

emulio — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 14:27:04 +0000

I do. I use it, alongside other browsers, because I prefer different browsers for different types of tasks.

New comment by emulio in "Just the Browser"

emulio — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 22:18:04 +0000

Honestly, I'm reacting a bit against the "YOLO" install culture common on Windows and macOS – just double-clicking and hoping for the best. I specifically use CachyOS, an Arch-based Linux distribution, because it emphasizes a more deliberate, package-managed approach. I prefer relying on the maintainers' work and pre-defined steps within packages whenever possible. It allows me to understand what is being installed and how it's being configured, rather than an all-in-one script potentially making changes I didn't anticipate.

New comment by emulio in "Just the Browser"

emulio — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 22:09:41 +0000

Not for Linux. I am using Linux on my desktop.

New comment by emulio in "Just the Browser"

emulio — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 16:14:41 +0000

That's a nice idea, but I'm hesitant to use automatic installation scripts like this, even if I review them carefully. I prefer manual steps – downloading the file, placing it in the correct directory. Also, I use custom profile directories for my web browsers, so this script wouldn't apply to my setup.

New comment by emulio in "Graphene OS: a security-enhanced Android build"

emulio — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 18:49:50 +0000

I wish to use Graphene OS, but I can't force myself to buy a Pixel Phone, I don't like the design.

New comment by emulio in "MinC Is Not Cygwin"

emulio — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:17:45 +0000

> it was too complex to maintain and Microsoft decided to take the easy road.

This is a common confusion. WSL1 is not deprecated, and both WSL1 and WSL2 continue to be developed and supported in parallel by Microsoft.

This is example of bad Microsoft marketing. Maybe they should have added a postfixes instead of numbers: "WSL-native" "WSL-VM" or something like that