I was dual booting for a bit on two computers but didn’t get too far away from Windows.
Finally reinstalled only Ubuntu on my laptop. I use my laptop until I need something on Windows then figure out how to do it on Ubuntu.
Got Syncthing running on both computers early this week to replace Box. Still need to see if I can run it on my NAS. Then need to get Back blaze sorted out.
Use Linux.
Use LibreOffice.
Use LibreWolf or WaterFox.
Free yourselves.I dare them to do it on my Pop OS! computers! I don’t even run a windows VM anymore.
It feels liberating! No more Stockholm syndrome ✌️
HumanOnEarth announces they will install Linux on all computers going forward
They’ll try to make Linux illegal soon.
Major fear is corruption of the culture. There are corpos and cunts that would benefit from Steam stopping linux suppory which is a major adoption driver. Nvidia is supposedly a more difficult gpu/cpu to use with linux and the current duopoly leans heavily in their favour.
Impossible. The cloud will fall. And locking the bootloader of computers won’t work.
I didn’t say they’ll succeed. And it’ll only apply to private users, of course.
Even though I have a free student subscription, I uninstalled all Microsoft Office last month because the constant ‘do you want to use copilot???’ was infuriating.
Life has been so good with Linux.
Linux is inconvenient at times but so is Microsoft at all times. Atleast you can fix your problems on Linux
Can you fix mine too?
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And Bazzite, and Fedora, and OpenSUSE.
Microsoft fuck you. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
The problem isn’t co-pilot. Co-pilot is reasonably useful if you’re careful.
The problem is that it will almost certainly cost extra.
And that’s fucking terrible.
The problem is absolutely copilot. Microsoft is basically force installing spyware.
That happened months ago, they simply used a little slight-of-hand to hide it.
They are also inserting AI shit into Notepad too.
Like, good luck getting me off from LibreOffice and Notepad++ assholes.
Moved to Linux (popos on desktop, mint on ancient laptop). Been fine. Don’t miss windows. Play games and browse the web without issue.
Laughs in LibreOffice
I have only one computer left running Windows and it’s getting the axe this month. While I’ve used Linux for many years as my primary OS, there are unfortunately some things that just don’t work well under Linux still.
I’m a sucker for bleeding edge graphics and I have a feeling this is where it will affect me the most. I’ve not had luck in the past with the most fancy features working, so it’ll probably be a bit of a learning curve to get used to no longer having that access.
All that being said, every other part of the experience will be an improvement, so I’m not that upset about it.
For people who can spare $100-$200, I recommend buying an old ThinkPad or Dell business class laptop off eBay. Install Windows, update it, and stick it in your closet.
Because yes, sometimes you just need a Windows machine. VMs will cover most one off Windows requirements, but nothing beats a bare metal install.
Obviously this is not a solution for gaming, just the odd piece of Windows only software you need to run, or hardware you need to interface with that doesn’t have an Linux drivers.
Its worth understanding that microsoft, like most companies, is rapidly rebranding most of their existing stuff as “AI”. A couple weeks (months?) back at work we managed to convince the boss that maybe it wasn’t a good idea to put all of our sensitive internal data into Teams and convinced him to turn off copilot. Literally minutes later he lost his shit because auto-transcripts no longer worked and IT turned it back on.
But that is what we are seeing with a LOT of companies. ANYTHING that can be sold as “AI” is getting re-branded as it. So it makes perfect sense that MS will rebrand it as “installing copilot AI” rather than “not removing clippy”.
That said: MS have also been ahead of the curve on adding even more bullshit and spyware to everything they do so… have you heard the good word about Linux? Libre Office gets personal users most of the way there (and if they worked on their documentation, all the way there. I STILL don’t fucking know how to get row/column headings to work in Calc…). And for business/power use, the browser/cloud based solutions are probably what you want anyway since none of that data should live on your laptop/desktop and should instead live in the company approved data store.
I STILL don’t fucking know how to get row/column headings to work in Calc
I’m assuming you are referring to column filters and/or keeping the first row at the top of the screen:
- Filter: Select Header Row > Data > Auto Filter
- Row Freeze: View > Freeze Cells > Freeze First Row
I STILL don’t fucking know how to get row/column headings to work in Calc…
Have you tried with asking Copi…OUCH!!! /s
Funny enough, I actually have tried with chatgpt. The problem is the same one with all these LLM based tools: Training data.
And if you actually google this yourself, the vast majority of what you find are people not understanding what is being asked or referencing a REALLY REALLY old UI (possibly dating to the open or even star days). And the LLMs are effectively scraping that so you get the equivalent of “This was already answered HERE. Closing duplicate question” response.
(I usually DO end up figuring it out after a bit of deep diving when I really care but I go through so much FUD in the process that I inevitably forget a month or two later).
Did you try discord?
The hentai server I’m on told me to switch to libreoffice instead of helping 🙁
Ohhh finally a great reason to follow through canceling Microsoft
