Luckily steam deck has been teaching me how to utilise Linux. Then due to streaming garbage I’ve started using jellyfin and have ordered a micro PC to host it, which will have Linux installed for additional practice. My windows days are numbered.
Microsoft may replace the Start button with the Copilot AI in Windows 12
Submitted 1 year ago by Steve0Greatness@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I put linux on my collage laptop Made a school work shit sometimes But overall I’ve enjoyed it But it uses hybrid graphics and I haven’t figured out how to play slime rancher on it yet
TheOSINTguy@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
If it’s got a nvidia graphics card you could use prime-run
TheBlue22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Way to increase usage of Linux, good job Microsoft
doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Breaking news: I’ma replace windows with any version of Linux in 12 months
Sanyanov@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Switched to Manjaro almost a year ago. No regrets and absolutely 0 desire to come back. After a week in Linux, you just know Windows is trash.
Swarfega@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Why not now?
Desistance@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Time to experiment with Linux again. Still haven’t settled on a distro that I liked 100%.
fuzzy_feeling@programming.dev 1 year ago
been distrohoping for a long time, tumbleweed kde changed that…
been using it for almost 2 years now.lastweakness@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Tumbleweed KDE is definitely sweet. Can also recommend Fedora.
anteaters@feddit.de 1 year ago
TBH you don’t have to find the perfect distro - just one that is better than the BS Microsoft peddles. And that gets easier and easier.
jabjoe@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Shop around with desktop and distro, but remember it’s not Windows. If you’re looking for it to be Windows, you’re never be happy with it. There is Windows things to unlearn.
Smokeydope@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m here for it as a snobby Linux user. Let’s see how much the average person is willing to let their user experience be degraded before they finally tap out and try an operating system that isn’t pure spyware
Gestrid@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
I don’t want to go back to Windows 8. Those were… dark times…
Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Idc, I’m on Linux now. I’d rather buy a Mac than install Windows again at this point (if I ever need to use software that’s Windows/Mac only)
aniki@lemm.ee 1 year ago
[deleted]Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Asahi is also what I’ve been looking at for a while and it seem very promising
Whayle@kbin.social 1 year ago
Building this into the OS is clearly unnecessary, there's obviously another motive here...sweet user behavior data?
ohlaph@lemmy.world 1 year ago
UI/UX job replacement. And to get you used to using it so they can charge you for using it later.
ricecake@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
They don’t need AI to do that.
Remember that businesses are made of people, not clairvoyant cunning machines of profit.
Last year, NFTs were the thing that was going to change everything, and everyone wanted to find ways to bake them into their thing, whatever it was. Fast forward a year and we hear about weird failures, abandoned plans and a slight chatter about the very small handful of uses where the idea makes sense.
Right now, chat and generative AI is the thing.
Project managers at companies were told to find ways to fit the thing into profitable places, and a quick way to do that is to stick into into any place with a textbox and user interaction.Next year, we’re going to see 95% of those ideas disappear, and the remaining will either be where it makes sense, or where the project manager is particularly good at their job.
Sabata11792@kbin.social 1 year ago
Yep, we can have AI steal your data and save money by using your hardware to process it for us.
DudeDudenson@lemmings.world 1 year ago
Can someone just start making community updates for windows 7 and we can just use that when Unix is not a viable option
Gingernate@programming.dev 1 year ago
Microsoft will come to your house and break your knee caps if someone did that haha
grayman@lemmy.world 1 year ago
LOL
bandario@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
No thank you. Startallisback to the rescue. Ghost spectre to remove whatever bullshit they put in this time.
I’m not against progress, I just prefer my computer to leave the thinking to me.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Or at least leave the thinking on the client side.
jenny_ball@lemmy.world 1 year ago
classic shell ui also
hdnsmbt@lemmy.world 1 year ago
“All the apps that revert things to the way I’m used to to the rescue! I’m not against change, believe me!”
bandario@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
I have embraced all the good parts of Windows 11. I will continue to cut out the telemetry and other creepy elements like the cancer that it is.
jimbo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They fuckin’ do that and I’m out. Haven’t run Linux on the desktop since 2009, but it wasn’t bad back then and I assume it’s only gotten better. Meanwhile Microsoft has continued the enshittification of Windows and if I didn’t need it for dev purposes, I’d be more willing to pull the plug.
vagrantprodigy@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 1 year ago
It’s gotten a lot better over the past few years.
specterspectre@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Oh so much better. I’ve relegated Windows only programs to a virtual machine. I haven’t touched it in a long time but it’s there just in case.
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Everyday I’m happier and happier I have migrated away from Windows.
specterspectre@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Oh boy. That thing is the steering wheel of the Windows system.
twack@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I mean… Yea. Yea it is. They want to:
- Fill the thing with ads
- Control the entire user experience
- Track everything you do in that experience
- Prevent users from accessing any low level system changes
- Fill the thing with ads
They’re not even being subtle about it:
“The Copilot is like the Start button,” Nadella explains. “It becomes the orchestrator of all your app experiences. So for example, I just go there and express my intent and it either navigates me to an application or it brings the application to the Copilot, so it helps me learn, query and create — and completely changes, I think, the user habits.”
specterspectre@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yup on 4. Mess at all with the hostfile and Windows Defende won’t stop harassing you about a threat. User autonomy is a threat to Windows.
doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
That’s exactly why they want control of it
King4408@lemmy.world 1 year ago
From “Windows 10 will be the last windows” to this.
Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 1 year ago
My work have only just caught up to windows 10.
LUHG_HANI@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Assuming they know nothing of EOL or CVE. They better hurry then, only a year or so until 10 security patches go up the wall.
Patch@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Unless I’m much mistaken, Windows 10 EOL isn’t until 2025, so two years left to run.
Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They have shown us a new VM system, which has windows 11 clients soni assume its in the works but rhe windows 10 rollout to 6000 employees was a nightmare.
BaardFigur@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I though this was a 1th of April joke untill I realized we’re in November
StereoCode@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Only if they promise to remove the most pointless keyboard button in the world as well.
KnowledgeableNip@leminal.space 1 year ago
The Windows key? I use it constantly.
Windows + Left/Right to dock screens, Windows + E for a quick file explorer, Windows + X for settings and dev options, Windows + P to adjust your second monitor, I’m sure there’s other hotkeys as well.
HW07@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I wouldn’t call it pointless, having another layer is quite handy. But I would like to see it adopt a more ambiguous name, sure Super or Meta is here but they haven’t caught on due to their logo still being plastered on the key.
creditCrazy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m honestly a bit confused on what is the most pointless button in the world considering the command key is on Mac for why do I need a ctr replacement when ctr is right there the windows equivalent at least has the utility of exiting programs without closing them
milo128@lemm.ee 1 year ago
switch to linux and the Windows key becomes the Super key, unused in shortcuts by any application and so you can map it to whatever you want. super useful.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 1 year ago
The biggest pain point of windows 8 (on release) was the missing start button, why would they think a bingilator would work instead?
Don’t worry I am sure they will fix all this madness for Windows 9.
BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Okay. If 12 is coming out why would anyone go with 11?
PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 1 year ago
Well I’m still using 10 so…
ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Why not just make 10 louder?
egeres@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Up next, windows 13 is cloud-based only, thus requiring constant internet connection
justaveg@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I don’t think this will happen. What they want is for PCs to be like phones, a closed system where you are pretty much locked into installing anything you want on your PC(and thus anything you buy as well) from their exclusive app store. The cloud thing just extra expense for no real benefit to them. However if there’s an opportunity to push one drive you can be sure they will. And MS has been trying to move in this direction since windows 8.
SaltySalamander@kbin.social 1 year ago
The "cloud thing" ensures that every person using the system is a subscription-paying customer. You don't see the benefit in that?
uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Whoops. The Navy just went Linux.
yiliu@informis.land 1 year ago
Let’s be real, the Navy continued to stick with Windows XP…
ropegirth@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
Define “may”? This is like writing, car manufacturers may replace tires with triangles.
ZILtoid1991@kbin.social 1 year ago
I may replace Windows as my daily driver with Linux.
S410@kbin.social 1 year ago
I did. The first couple months were... An experience. But after getting used to all the different ways things work (many of which are, honestly, way better), it's quite, quite nice.
Some of my hardware even works better: the drawing tablet's drivers don't crash and the audio latency is much less!
Spaghetti_Hitchens@kbin.social 1 year ago
Similar experience here. The first month was rough as I got everything installed and configured. But it's been pretty solid in the 4 months since then. I am glad I switched.
micka190@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Some of my hardware even works better: the drawing tablet’s drivers don’t crash
Curious what application you’re using with that drawing app. My Huion wasn’t great last time I gave Linux a shot on as my daily driver.
LainOfTheWired@lemy.lol 1 year ago
I switched around 2 years ago after using different distros on and off for a few years on an old laptop, and I’ve never been happier with my computing experience.
One thing I will say is you will have to find replacements for some of your favourite applications, but I’ve found that pretty much every alternative has been better. And if you need suggestions just ask the community or you can DM me.
Also just pick Mint or if you really have to Ubuntu as a first distro as that will give you the best out of the box experience and a beginner friendly community( unlike Arch’s which I daily drive).
Then switch if you want a different distro( and I would suggest trying it out in a VM), just don’t get a distro hopping addiction😆.
ZILtoid1991@kbin.social 1 year ago
I already have a Raspberry Pi and a Linux VM for development reasons, but I also need Windows for that very same reason. Sometimes Windows APIs are much better than what we have on Linux (ALSA is a janky and laggy mess), and some dev tools are nicer there too (at least with VSCode, one can have some GUI for gdb).
ubermeisters@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ok hear me out… what about it just… gets another button next to start, and maybe Ctrl+Win can activate it instead of the windows key?
I use copilot a ton to write me quick powershell scripts, to assist in sourcing information, etc. I don’t like having to open edge browser then ipen the sidebar, then resize the sidebar, then select precise chatting mode, its a hassle, especially since I do not use edge as my primary browser (Libre Wolf).
I’ve got very mixed feelings about it. I DO want a fast button in my taskbar somewhere, ideally, but I want that to start a web session (with no local permissions) not a local session of any sort really… I very much dislike the idea of Copilot constantly looking at my screen to figure out how it can help me (aka, sending incredibly specific metrics back to Microsoft). They already spend way too many resources on scraping my info up, and thebquestions I ask Copilot are already hyper specific and likely give away dense metrics about me that I can’t imagine. But… fml it’s SO handy.
Mr_Vortex@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
I see lots of love for Linux in the comments which is awesome, but is there anyone considering making a hackintosh out of their machine? Is that a good route to go these days?
Anamnesis@lemmy.world 1 year ago
All I care about with the start button is the search function. If this didn’t fuck with that, sure.
Reality_Suit@lemmy.one 1 year ago
Lmfao! They think I’m going to buy another windows OS?
QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The Copilot is like the Start button,” Nadella explains. “It becomes the orchestrator of all your app experiences. So for example, I just go there and express my intent and it either navigates me to an application or it brings the application to the Copilot, so it helps me learn, query and create — and completely changes, I think, the user habits.”
So it’s like search on iOS. Not always what I want but if it makes windows search useful then maybe it won’t be so bad.
Kumabear@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I just want my operating system:
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To have a logical settings layout, perform well, be stable
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Be fully and easily compatible with most mainstream programs and games without having to screw around too much.
Give me back windows 7, add dx12 support, update the back end with any kernel and scheduler updates, call it windows gamer edition. Then fuck off out of my life Microsoft.
Nobody wants to “use and operating system” we want to run programs and do it efficiently, i feel the vast majority of changes Microsoft has made since windows 7 ended has been to the detriment of that.
I can only hope that now with Vulcan becoming more popular and the rise of steam os on the steam deck that we will start to see native Linux aaa games being a thing.
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Syldon@lemmy.one 1 year ago
Just nope!
glacier@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
I might replace Microsoft with Linux in Windows 12
Klicnik@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I had this exact thought. It may actually be “The year of the Linux Desktop.”
Wahots@pawb.social 1 year ago
Only if it’s shipping as the default OS on hundreds of millions of new devices, and easy enough that a 65 yo can install their 12 year old copy of TurboTax software on it, while their grandson plays Roblox on it. :P
Gotta be usable by the lowest common denominator before the return window at a rural BestBuy is up.