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New comment by welwala in "Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM"

welwala — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:54:42 +0000

Is that still the case on Linux as well?

I'm on FreeBSD and yes there's still many bugs and nasties in Wayland. It works technically but it's not great, at least alongside KDE.

But I thought on Linux it was a lot further along now.

New comment by welwala in "Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM"

welwala — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:01:47 +0000

oobe\bypassnro it is.

But there's been some talk about them removing it though there was a more cryptic one as a replacement. Still seems to work on recent versions though.

New comment by welwala in "Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM"

welwala — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:56:04 +0000

Yeah I love KDE especially because it doesn't force a certain look and feel, it's super configurable out of the box and even more if you install themes and plugins (which I don't even do).

New comment by welwala in "CRT-TV-Emulator"

welwala — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 06:03:42 +0000

the thing is with these CRT emulators is that they always look so over-artifacted. I looked at CRTs for a big part of my life and they didn't actually look like this. Maybe if you took a photo of them, but not in full motion.

With real CRTs you don't notice the scanlines so much due to interlacing at double the frame rate. And they are kinda fuzzy so they're not so clear anyway.

I wonder if a really fast, say 240Hz display could simulate this better somehow.

New comment by welwala in "Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM"

welwala — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 05:48:23 +0000

Another easy workaround:

1. Install Linux with KDE

2. Turn on weather report widget

3. Enjoy :)

PS: You've also solved the mandatory account requirement, adds all over the OS, "Copilot" everywhere, Edge constantly coming back and much more <3

New comment by welwala in "Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM"

welwala — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 05:44:16 +0000

I'm not surprised. Everything Microsoft makes is web tech now.

And this isn't really new either, they've been pushing for everything web tech since the 90s no less. Remember Active Desktop?

New comment by welwala in "The AI bubble is popping; we just don't know it yet"

welwala — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:38:38 +0000

Wow I hope this is true. This can only be good for the world.

I'm sure AI will still come but it is too disruptive now. It needs a slowdown. As usual all the greedy investors are to blame.