• cockmushroom@reddthat.com
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    12 days ago

    Today i had a segfault that basically froze my entire machine. I was just running some downloads and browsing and all of a sudden i couldn’t open, minimize, raise, or close anything.

    • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
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      12 days ago

      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.

      • MattW03@lemmy.caEnglish
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        12 days ago

        Also, the good thing of open source software is that anyone can clean off any bullshit code.

    • dev_null@lemmy.ml
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      12 days ago

      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.

  • krisevol@lemmus.orgEnglish
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    12 days ago

    What’s crazy is all this can be disabled in Windows by a power user or enthusiast, but they don’t want to, so they want to move to linex, an operating system designed for power users

    • NerdsGonnaNerd@sh.itjust.works
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      12 days ago

      But wouldnt you always need to check, that those settings keep the way you want them? I heard that windows sometimes resets some of those settings.

    • PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
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      12 days ago

      What’s crazy is that everything a power user does to disable these things gets UNDONE with the next windows update.

      A real power user wouldn’t waste their time with that added maintenance of re-disabling things.

  • Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
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    12 days ago

    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, it’s not good but it’s also not this bad.

    If your wondering why, pirating games isn’t very seamless on Linux yet,

    • versionc@lemmy.world
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      12 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.

      • wltr@discuss.tchncs.de
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        12 days ago

        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. That’s not many people, so I cannot say it’s some good statistics. But I believe it’s true for many. If I’d pirate games (I’m not a gamer, and I see no point in not buying, if I’m going to play just one game casually), I’d do the same. Since my work PC is plenty powerful, I’d 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, I’d rather go this isolation way. Sounds just many times easier to me.

        • versionc@lemmy.world
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          12 days ago

          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.

    • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      12 days ago

      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.

      • Bongles@lemmy.zip
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        12 days ago

        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.

        • Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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          12 days ago

          That was my main issue with Windows. I’m not here to fight with my computer, especially not with a corporation controlling MY computer.

      • tristynalxander@mander.xyz
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        12 days ago

        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.

    • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      12 days ago

      If you don’t take 30 seconds to look up the bypass on install. If you’re capable of switching to Linux it’s hardly forced in any way that matters.

  • SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org
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    12 days ago

    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.

    • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
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      12 days ago

      Question. Does it even matter, because a LOT of people (majority of humans, even babies) have their name and picture all over the internet that the AI has scraped and knows everything about you. Why would an age verify even matter? If you buy anything with credit card they have you got already.

      I’m all for privacy but let’s be honest, unless you lived under a rock for the last 25 years, they know who and where you are and everything you like and dont.

      That being said, the hard one for me will be when fb pushes it because I love marketplace, and also every one of my friends and family only use fb. If I quit it I’ll basically have no one.

  • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    12 days ago

    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.