Linux has been very nice to me. I will look back fuck shitdows.
Copilot could soon live inside Windows 11's File Explorer, as Microsoft tests Chat with Copilot in Explorer, not just in a separate app
Submitted 1 month ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to technology@lemmy.world
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BiomedOtaku@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
jkercher@programming.dev 1 month ago
gndagreborn@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Looks cool. But holy crap. Windows search is so bad that you need everything.exe. now it’s gotten to the point where we need a third party explorer to do the most basic tasks without being bombarded with ads or AI crap.
I just really… REALLY wish citrix and epic worked on Linux. I would switch in a heart beat if this gets pushed into the wild.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
everything saved my work life
and I’m not even on windows 11 yet
RamRabbit@lemmy.world 1 month ago
REALLY wish citrix and epic worked on Linux
Epic games work on Linux via Heroic. GOG, Amazon, and Epic games all work through it.
greenhulk@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Stopped using Explorer long time ago. They were unable to implement tabs and color coding of files for the last 30 years. Just use Directory Opus.
Xyphius@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
So glad I made the switch to Linux recently. Kept putting it off because of one pet project, but managed to get it working on Linux. My Explorer on Windows had a very noticeable memory leak.
chunes@lemmy.world 1 month ago
For those stuck on Windows, try double commander instead of explorer. It’s cross-platform so you could use it on Linux too.
filcuk@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I’ve been on Directory Opus for many years, it’s absolutely excellent and I struggle when on Linux without the same toolbox.
henfredemars@infosec.pub 1 month ago
You can do that Microslop. It’s not exactly possible for me to not use your software even harder at this point.
bluetardis@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
How many times can they shoot their own foot? They must aim like Star Troopers…
cley_faye@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Ah, that would explain why they started to allow uninstalling the separate app.
IEatDaFeesh@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Surely they’ll make the file explorer faster now that they’re “upgrading” it.
aarRJaay@lemmy.world 1 month ago
How long until it starts deleting files at random. Or uploading their content to MS servers. You’re screwed if you’re on Windows at this point.
f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
It does this already.
THB@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Question as someone who keeps being prevented from switching to Linux because of professional programs that are only Win/Mac.
I often read that you can just use Wine? So I would be in a Linux environment for everything and when I need to use a Windows program it can be run via Wine without leaving that environment?
Or is it a case of having to switch OS’s whenever I need to? Am I confusing that with dual-boot?
nublug@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
you have a few options. yes, wine. also, lutris and bottles. these all act as ‘make windows app run like any other app on my linux machine’. if those don’t work for your program then you can try installing a windows virtual machine with virt-manager. if you’re familiar with docker, check out dockur/windows for a docker container that automates a quick win vm setup with a webgui. (disclaimer: i have not tried this project yet, don’t know how well it works)
if you need heavy gpu use, however, you might have to dual-boot. you have linux installed on one disk partition and windows installed on another. you pick which one you want with the grub bootloader menu that shows when you start up. you can only run one at a time and must reboot to switch. it’s highly recommended to install windows first, then linux, and familiarize yourself with repairing grub with a linux liveusb as windows updates frequently break it.
imho almost any professional software should work with wine/lutris/bottles/vm, but dual boot is there if you find it necessary.
also consider if you actually do need those particular pro programs. there are likely multiple foss (free and open source software) projects that do whatever it is you need to do. of course if it’s a case of company policy mandating use of certain programs there’s not much you can do besides dual-boot.
mushroommunk@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Think of wine as an emulator. It’s a program that runs in Linux that then runs Windows programs. Usually quite well. It’s all done without leaving Linux.
Dual boot is when you start the computer up you can either boot into Linux or Windows, both are options but they don’t run at the same time.
nil@piefed.ca 1 month ago
Keep in mind that Wine Is Not an Emulator. It implements many windows features but it’s incomplete. Be sure to check if whatever the professional software you’re using also works on Wine.
Or you could run Windows in an actual emulator (like Qemu). I remember it worked pretty well on 16GB of RAM.
skvlp@lemmy.wtf 1 month ago
There is also the possibility of running other OS in a virtual machine. Like www.virtualbox.org
If you do that you don’t leave Linux, but spin up an environment where you can have a full installation of i.e. Windows running. Your Windows environment is not aware of Linux, which it is hosted on, and should behave like a normal Windows machine.
I may sound complicated, but is pretty easy to use when you get going. Try watching a few videos on the subject if you are interested.
goatinspace@feddit.org 1 month ago
Lutris, vmware
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 month ago
No regrets on switching to Linux here. Almost all of the time I just use the GUI to launch steam or Firefox. No AI nagging me (aside from whatever nonsense Firefox is up to)
adarza@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
… which, in firefox, is either off by default or can be switched off.
nublug@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
check out librewolf or waterfox for firefox without the corporate garbage and with more secure and private defaults.
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 month ago
I’ve thought about switching. I do like the password saving and syncing between Android and desktop that Firefox does, and I’m not sure if the forks do that.
5715@feddit.org 1 month ago
MS: JUST EAT IT
verdi@feddit.org 1 month ago
Nadella has gives exactly 0 fucks about Microsoft’s products, legacy, its employees and the company itself, let alone the customers. His only concern is how can he squeeze more money from the white Dalits while enslaving Shudras and stealing their labour so he can further enrich himself. Anyone thinking otherwise is delusional.
Doomsider@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It is a cold dark night at Microsoft Headquarters. The moon is blacked out by the clouds and rain and thunder beat relentlessly against the office windows.
The head UX engineer stares at the prompt nervously. He hesitates, his whole life has been building up to this point. He is going to control where windows is going and shape the lives of billions of people.
“You got this,” He mumbles to himself, “you know what to do.”
He grabs a screenshot of his desktop and types the fateful words. Make this desktop make more money
The AI says processing…
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Now just relax . . and let the hooks do their work.
kboos1@lemmy.world 1 month ago
So I hear there’s a way to use Linux to emulate Windows so you can use Windows apps?
Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yeah but people just WINE about linux.
RamRabbit@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Which program do you want?
The general solution is to install the program via WINE.
kboos1@lemmy.world 1 month ago
How well do those work? Is it seamless or do I need to spend hours fiddling with it to get a program to work?
eleefece@lemmy.world 1 month ago
criticon@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Aren’t they trying to fix explorer being slow af? How would adding copilot help?
JSens1998@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
You’re funny my friend. Their AI agents don’t see any problems with file explorer’s performance. It will never get fixed, it will just become more bloated and broken as time goes on.
watson387@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Fuck off with this shit…
illi@piefed.social 1 month ago
Why even have Windows at this point? Just have Copilot as the OS and be done with it.
4am@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
That’s the goal.
No more personal computer. Only dumb terminal and cloud. You will rent your needs from the rich. You will own nothing and like it. Your income is their revenue stream, or you shall cease to function in society.
This is robbery.
ugjka@lemmy.ugjka.net 1 month ago
Nice another registry tweak I’ll need!
Sunflier@lemmy.world 1 month ago
They’re really tring to get it deep in their efforts to shove it down our throats. Must have had a lot of people uninstall it. Anyone know how to downgrade from 11 to 10 on a home version? Asking for a friend.
RamRabbit@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Anyone know how to downgrade from 11 to 10 on a home version?
Make a Win 10 USB boot drive, boot into it, format the computer, install 10.
That said, don’t hook this computer up to the internet, Windows 10 isn’t getting security updates.
Sunflier@lemmy.world 1 month ago
As if this AI shit isn’t in of itself a security threat?
ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Installed Dolphin on my work desktop which runs Win11, definitely not meant for Windows as certain functions like searching don’t work, at least it’s 1 step close to making windows slightly more bearable.
JSens1998@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Ha, I did the same thing on my work computer. It’s a little broken in some aspects, but a 1000x better the using that dumpster fire know as File Explorer (oh sorry MS let me get it right… Microsoft File Explorer Copilot App)
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
I have a new naming strategy for Microsoft.
They renamed Office 365 to Copilot 365, right?
But there are so many other cool businessy numbers! I propose this:
Explorer becomes Copilot 360
Edge becomes Copilot24 (24 suffix is/was very common for websites in the 00s here in Estonia, auto24 is our biggest used car marketplace to this day for an example)
Calculator becomes Copilot Pi
Xbox app becomes Copilot Series X
And the Microsoft Store becomes Copilot One X
yggstyle@lemmy.world 1 month ago
This brings new meaning to releasing satan on your hard drive.
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 1 month ago
Soon there won’t be an explorer, or any folders that you can access. Just ask you ad assistant, it knows all (your personal data), won’t tell you much tho.
enbiousenvy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
why is this tech always got implemented as chat lmao.
JSens1998@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Because tech bros have a kink with shoving AI into every single thing… even your rectum in the near future. Preoare yourself my friend.
Maeve@kbin.earth 1 month ago
Yey 😑
4am@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
It’s really sad to me that everyone sees this as just an annoying superfluous feature.
Doesn’t anyone else see why Microsoft is so fucking horny for this???
It’s a fucking panopticon! They’re trying to look at everything you produce and save (OneDrive) and now they’re trying to get their hands on what you think (what you ask Copilot) and the conclusions you come to (Copilot’s generated response).
They can know and control anything they want.