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VLC is Wrongly Blamed for Microsoft Defender's Clumsiness (itsfoss.com)
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[โ€“] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[โ€“] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 hours ago

VLC, QGIS, GIMP

All takes a second on Linux and minutes on Windows

[โ€“] Crumpled6273@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's that Microsoft. Poor VLC ๐Ÿฅน

[โ€“] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

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