Talk to your PC is basically what cortana was
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Talk to your PC is just going to be Denholm Reynholm from IT Crowd.
Hello? Hello computer! Hello?!
AI is slowly getting inside the Linux ecosystem (At the top of my head: Some contributions to Kwin and the entire Lutris controversy). Let's enjoy making fun of Win 11 until we can't.
Some contributions to Kwin
Link please
That's not the same at all though. Complaining about AI "features" being shoved down users throat, and AI being used by developers are very different things.
Both can be complained about, absolutely, but they are completely different things.
If Microsoft was using all artisanal human written code to deliver all the AI crap, I wouldn't be complaining about it any less.
Good point
Let's enjoy making fun of Win 11 until we can't.
Yes, for sure.
But we will eventually clean up our AI slop code mistakes. I'm not so sure if Microslop will or not. It might not be profitable.
Also, the good thing of open source software is that anyone can clean off any bullshit code.
But can you clean it up faster than AI can create new bullshit code?
You don't need to pull the new bs...
I do feel sorry for them, but they can only lift themselves up. I can't really do anything to help. Linux has never been easier to set up than today. But it will always be a bit of a hurdle to make the switch.
You forgot forced microsoft account.
And "Age verification"
And "Telemetry"
It's wild that ~~people~~ politicians think they're going to legislate linux into age verification -- as if the community isn't half DIY techies who'd sooner set up shop in international waters than change their preferred settings.
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I am very pro Linux and have been trying to migrate all my system but I got to say:
I installed windows 11 LTSC and disabled automatic updates, itβs not good but itβs also not this bad.
If your wondering why, pirating games isnβt very seamless on Linux yet,
Why would we pirate games when we have SuperTuxKart?
Don't forget SuperTux! It got a larger update just a few days ago.
Huh? Linux is the gold standard for running pirated games, mainly because of flatpaks and its sandboxing capabilities. The games won't have access to your filesystem and you can disable network access. Installing the games is as easy on Heroic as it is on Windows.
The pirates I know personally all have dedicated PCs to gaming. So none of them care about any files being stolen, or things like that. Thatβs not many people, so I cannot say itβs some good statistics. But I believe itβs true for many. If Iβd pirate games (Iβm not a gamer, and I see no point in not buying, if Iβm going to play just one game casually), Iβd do the same. Since my work PC is plenty powerful, Iβd rather use it, but switch disks to not allow Windows to see it. (However, they are encrypted anyway.)
On the other hand, if the games would work on Linux, Iβd rather go this isolation way. Sounds just many times easier to me.
Most games work on Linux. The ones that don't are online games with kernel level anti-cheats, which aren't relevant if we're discussing piracy anyway.
But yeah, a dedicated gaming machine with Windows is fine if that's the way you want to go. I was just arguing against the claim that running pirated games on Linux isn't seamless, which is wrong.
Works doesnβt always means works well. βPlayableβ on proton db has wildly different meanings to some people.
Thanks for explaining that! I was rather commenting on how it is for some of my old friends who game. Iβm happy to learn that even piracy is better on Linux :) I may convert those to Linux then!
Many pirates do piracy for the lack of money (hence why many end up buying the game when they get money) so this is def an exception of the exception
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Personally for me, i no long find pirating worth the time to set things up. The only recent good titles are mostly indi, and they are quite cheap. You can also find ultra cheap offers on not-so-old 3A titles. Also, my backlog is already 6-7 times longer of the rest of my remaining lifespan, so i have quite a bit to chose from.
Indeed. And honestly, for example GOG classics are worth to support and also come with the added benefit of being usable on modern systems out of the box, with emulation readily setup if needed.
If your wondering why, pirating games isnβt very seamless on Linux yet,
But playing on a SNES emulator is! :D
I pray you are deleting those roms after 24 hours
Nah. Seems like a hassle to go download them every day. Much rather just keep them ready to go.
Why would you even want to delete them after a day?
Yep. Imagine that, using the specialist version of the OS strips out a lot of the bullshit.
I'll never argue that the suck inherent to Windows is OK, but anyone who thinks it's somehow completely unavoidable just isn't trying. It's always kind of shocking to see Linux users, who are at least on paper tech savvy, have complaints that include shit that can be disabled by toggling a single switch in a top level settings menu. Meanwhile they'll act like some of the arcane hoops needed to fix shit like sleep mode, hdr, or audio on some combinations of hardware and distro is just par for the course.
Personally, I find the better approach to convert folks isn't to create an insane caricature of the issues with Windows, but to go "here's the list of all the stuff you need to do to fix Windows, or you can sidestep it entirely with Linux but risk occasional strange hardware compatibility problems"
These are tools, not religion.
disabled by toggling a single switch in a top level settings menu.
Until windows decides you really should have that switched on and flips it back after an update.
That was my main issue with Windows. Iβm not here to fight with my computer, especially not with a corporation controlling MY computer.
Fake news
I'll be running Windows 10 LTSC until late next year on my work machine, but even I have issues where Microsoft Store keeps reinstalling itself after I gut it. If I leave it installed it causes BSOD and super slow startup times (Hours).
One day I will swap to Linux!! One day!!!
I thought about it for years. Then I did the switch and wished I'd done it years earlier.
Then I thought about switching from Ubuntu to something else for years. Then I switched to Debian and wished I'd had done that from the beginning.
I suck with computers, I have no idea what I'm doing 90% of the time, plus I'm dumb as hell in general but I still managed to do the swap with zero issues. Its easier and more straightforward than what people say. Just do it.
It's really easy. Linux Mint. Bootable USB. Back up your important files on a separate harddrive. Plug in USB. Reboot. Install. Port old files over. Good as new
Bonus points for looking into how to optimize your partition structure, but it'd be fine to just let it do its thing. Also like... I guess you should probably make sure your audio and video cards are supported, but they like 98% are
Cmon man. Join the right side!
Do it! Itβs easy; Linux mint is soooooo easy
Iβm a computer dumbass and I managed to install Mint by plugging in a USB and clicking βnextβ until I had a new OS installed. Maybe something else would be marginally more suited to me, but Mint does everything I want: games, internet, and office software are all I need.
Mint is now easier to install than Windows. With Windows you have to create a microsoft account or run commands in order to skip that step (assuming you didnβt use rufus skip account/tpm check when flashing the image)
what are you waiting for?
- buy a hard drive
- install on hard drive
- now you're done
My advice is to switch each of your programs to the open source version one by one before you switch to a new operating system. It lowers the barrier since there's less new stuff to learn at any given point of the process. Also, linux-for-windows subsystem if you're on windows -- then go to mint instead of Ubuntu. If your on apple, learn the terminal there, then go to Ubuntu.
That day is closer than ever.
Three of those are the same thing (AI features) and all are easily handled through group policy.
You are using a version the has group policy right? Spoofing a Pro license with MAS Grave takes roughly 2 minutes from opening the website to finished, on a slow connection.
It's even easier if you don't set up a Microsoft Account during install of the OS. You did take the 30 seconds to look up the current bypass when you started, right?
It's even easier than that if you just don't use Microsoft Office. Open source office suites work fine on Windows.
Of course, Linux is the easiest way.
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