Jason LefkowitzMay 23

What being a Windows user is like in 2025

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/in-3-5-years-notepad-exe-has-gone-from-barely-maintained-to-it-writes-for-you/?comments=1&post=43746095

In 3.5 years, Notepad.exe has gone from “barely maintained” to “it writes for you”

AI features in Windows are gradually becoming more widespread and inescapable.

Ars Technica
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@jalefkowit @paninid

Notepad++

I was closing inactive tabs in VIvaldi and rediscovered this: https://www.xda-developers.com/story-notepad-plus-plus/

Notepad++ and Don Ho: A story of software, activism, and defiance

Notepad++ started as a simple code editor but evolved into a platform for political messaging and free speech

XDA
Show threadtux0r  May 23
@vor @jalefkowit @paninid Emacs
Show thread1 tripod in 3 trenchcoatsMay 23
@tux0r @vor @jalefkowit @paninid if I want an alternative operating system I install Linux
Show threadtux0r  May 23
@kyonshi @vor @jalefkowit @paninid Ew. Why?
Show thread1 tripod in 3 trenchcoatsMay 23
@tux0r @vor @jalefkowit @paninid Emacs is too complicated :P
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@kyonshi @vor @jalefkowit @paninid At least Emacs doesn’t have systemd!

It has systeme.

https://github.com/a-schaefers/systemE

GitHub - a-schaefers/systemE: 🤣 A lightweight systemd replacement written in Emacs lisp 🤣

🤣 A lightweight systemd replacement written in Emacs lisp 🤣 - a-schaefers/systemE

GitHub
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