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.
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 day ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to technology@lemmy.world
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Xyphius@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
henfredemars@infosec.pub 1 day ago
You can do that Microslop. It’s not exactly possible for me to not use your software even harder at this point.
aarRJaay@lemmy.world 23 hours 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 21 hours ago
It does this already.
THB@lemmy.world 1 day 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 day 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 day 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 day 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 day 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 day ago
Lutris, vmware
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 day 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 day ago
… which, in firefox, is either off by default or can be switched off.
nublug@piefed.blahaj.zone 23 hours ago
check out librewolf or waterfox for firefox without the corporate garbage and with more secure and private defaults.
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 23 hours 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.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Now just relax . . and let the hooks do their work.
kboos1@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
So I hear there’s a way to use Linux to emulate Windows so you can use Windows apps?
RamRabbit@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Which program do you want?
The general solution is to install the program via WINE.
Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Yeah but people just WINE about linux.
criticon@lemmy.ca 21 hours ago
Aren’t they trying to fix explorer being slow af? How would adding copilot help?
JSens1998@lemmy.ml 9 hours 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 23 hours ago
Fuck off with this shit…
illi@piefed.social 23 hours ago
Why even have Windows at this point? Just have Copilot as the OS and be done with it.
4am@lemmy.zip 18 hours 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 23 hours ago
Nice another registry tweak I’ll need!
Sunflier@lemmy.world 23 hours 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 9 hours 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 7 hours ago
As if this AI shit isn’t in of itself a security threat?
ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 17 hours 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 9 hours 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 8 hours 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 22 hours ago
This brings new meaning to releasing satan on your hard drive.
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 23 hours 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 23 hours ago
why is this tech always got implemented as chat lmao.
JSens1998@lemmy.ml 9 hours 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 day ago
Yey 😑
4am@lemmy.zip 23 hours 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.