First Ring Daily 664: Beta Hills

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On this episode of First Ring Daily, Beta Edge is here, Paul doesn’t like old icons, and Brad looks into the void.

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  • paulkocz

    Premium Member
    20 August, 2019 - 7:44 pm

    <p>Notepad in the store making no sense? But maybe it does for a Windows Core OS? Strip Windows down to nothing (unbundle all apps – small as they might be) and make Windows smaller and more portable. Then users/admins can just add the "parts" they want. E.g. Notepad may not be the app that orgs/schools want users to have, but Office is. </p><p><br></p><p>Of course if you do it with Notepad, then do it with everything. But hey it's Microsoft….</p>

  • wright_is

    Premium Member
    21 August, 2019 - 12:42 am

    <p>Notepad in the Store means we will have to install an alternative on our PCs. The Store is banned by policy…</p>

  • baskinrobbin

    21 August, 2019 - 6:20 am

    <p>The rants are getting to be too much. I had to stop watching…</p>

  • ErichK

    Premium Member
    21 August, 2019 - 5:15 pm

    <p>I got it … I got it … let's add a command switch to "dir" that sends suggestions to the feedback hub…</p>

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