Genuine question: I've been hearing good things about PopOS.
How realistic is it as a windows replacement ?
Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 Recall AI is not optional
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#32“Can’t be uninstalled” and “not optional” aren’t the same thing. This headline implies users won’t be able to prevent recall from taking screenshots of what they are doing. I don’t believe that’s true.
agree. i don't recall MS saying that it could be uninstalled, only that it could be disabled.
This is the reason for the clarification.
> The latest preview update for Windows 11 version 24H2 contains a little surprise for those who don’t trust the software giant. It allows you to remove Recall, the coming AI-based timeline feature that will help Copilot+ PC users find things they did in the past.
https://www.thurrott.com/mobile/copilot-pc/307817/microsoft-...
Re: Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 Recall AI is not optional
#33So even when the feature can be disabled (but not uninstalled), Microsoft will at least make sure that "no means no" and not silently enable the feature again after an OS update right? Right?! I guess/hope the EU is already on it though.
It's important that Recall is available to all Microsoft Windows users. The Microsoft ecosystem is a great value to its customers, and the obstruction of Microsoft's right to advertise to their users would be another example of how the EU hates their citizens. If you don't want Copilot, why can't you just buy another computer and let Microsoft customers enjoy their vertical integration? /s
Edit: Included sarcasm indicator because apparently people think this is a legitimate opinion serious people have in 2024.
Re: Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 Recall AI is not optional
#34GDPR lawsuit no one?
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#35Most of your steam games will run on linux with proton.
Re: Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 Recall AI is not optional
#36At this point the problem isn’t really the feature and if it’s optional or not, the problem is the comms and roll out are such a dumpster fire that it’s confusing everyone.
Eh, FUD is a MS classic.
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#37Genuine question: I've been hearing good things about PopOS. How realistic is it as a windows replacement ?
I'm using it as a daily driver now:
https://hajo.me/blog/2024/07/02/the-year-of-the-linux-deskto...
Biggest issue is printer drivers, I'd say.
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#38Genuine question: I've been hearing good things about PopOS. How realistic is it as a windows replacement ?
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's today. I encourage you to actually try it rather than repeat an old trope.
No, it really isn't, and I've been working with Linux on desktops since I installed slackware from floppy disks from the back of a giant book after having used Sparcstations. Every single implementation is terrible and breaks in weird ways.
I've been working with Linux on desktops, laptops, and servers for a decade.
Use Mint or Fedora for distribution. Use Cinnamon or KDE for GUI. Everything pretty much just works, man.
Games work -- Steam, Battle.net, Lutris, and others I am sure. Sleep works -- just as well as it does on Windows anyway. Network works -- better and easier than Windows IMO. Updates work and waaaaay better than Windows. Backups work. LibreOffice works. Browsers work. Tools work. USB thumb drives work. External USB enclosures work. CD/DVD drives work. I haven't tried blu-ray but I imagine that works too.
The only things that don't work are the things that lock you in to Microsoft. Those are vanishingly small numbers of things outside of business, and in business it's mostly because of inertia.
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think that's pretty obvious, no? Behavioral controls. You add a web cam screenshot to that desktop screenshot and sell real attention signals to advertisers.
They already tried that with the XBox One Kinect. That one did backfire quite hard.
Why do something annoying once when you can do it twice for twice the outrage?