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VLC is Wrongly Blamed for Microsoft Defender's Clumsiness (itsfoss.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Crumpled6273@lemmy.ca to c/keralalinux@lemmy.ca

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[–] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I always wondered why VLC took so long to start. Now I know.

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[–] Crumpled6273@lemmy.ca [S] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

It's that Microsoft. Poor VLC 🥹

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[–] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

After I excluded the vlc process from Windows Defender "protection", it does indeed start up much faster now.

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[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 months ago

VLC, QGIS, GIMP

All takes a second on Linux and minutes on Windows

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[–] savutano@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

He's made some good puzzle games, but Johnathon Blow is a moron.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago

Dunno. Windows 10 seems fine.... Just sayin