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Unofficial Windows 11 requirements bypass tool allows disabling all AI features

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Re: Unofficial Windows 11 requirements bypass tool allows disabling all AI features

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Post by tyami94 »

hn-ifs wrote: post #62
xandrius wrote: post #52

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Already exists, just not to the normies. IoT LTSC. Works like a charm and no bloat.

This is what I use in a VM on my Linux host whenever I need to run something Windows. I don't game and all my software is cross platform. Windows still has a few things I miss, programs like notepad++ (for which there's no true Linux equivalent), and portable apps (with Linux equivalents not really coming close, but understandably so). Windows really is a broken OS solely set up for spying on users.

If you like the KDE tools, Kate is a pretty good replacement for Notepad++. It's a very fast native Qt program with a familiar look and feel.

Re: Unofficial Windows 11 requirements bypass tool allows disabling all AI features

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Post by ndsipa_pomu »

resonious wrote: post #105

I recently decided to try running Windows as a daily driver. WSL is pretty good but just feels wrong. It has a slow cold start and sometimes just completely crashes or freezes for a few seconds. Basic operations in general (outside WSL) often take several seconds. The Copilot button feels forced but I decided whatever I'll try it - the copilot window takes almost 10 seconds to start up on first press. What is going o…

> Then there's that super old problem where the settings app opens in a tiny window and cannot be resized.

It still amazes (and infuriates) me when I try to use Windows for something and see a non-resizeable window pop up. Often it's for things that really need to be resized (e.g. iSCSI LUNs) so instead you have to scroll around lots and maybe write things down as the GUI is so old and unusable.

Re: Unofficial Windows 11 requirements bypass tool allows disabling all AI features

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Post by arresin »

resonious wrote: post #105

I recently decided to try running Windows as a daily driver. WSL is pretty good but just feels wrong. It has a slow cold start and sometimes just completely crashes or freezes for a few seconds. Basic operations in general (outside WSL) often take several seconds. The Copilot button feels forced but I decided whatever I'll try it - the copilot window takes almost 10 seconds to start up on first press. What is going o…

> seconds to start up on first press. What is going on? It's just a chat interface..

It might be an electron app. Which would be strange but I wouldn’t put it past them.

Re: Unofficial Windows 11 requirements bypass tool allows disabling all AI features

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Post by skydhash »

hn-ifs wrote: post #62
xandrius wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Already exists, just not to the normies. IoT LTSC. Works like a charm and no bloat.

This is what I use in a VM on my Linux host whenever I need to run something Windows. I don't game and all my software is cross platform. Windows still has a few things I miss, programs like notepad++ (for which there's no true Linux equivalent), and portable apps (with Linux equivalents not really coming close, but understandably so). Windows really is a broken OS solely set up for spying on users.

Notepad++ can only exists on OS like windows (I think macos has bbedit?). By the time people really need all the feature in Notepad++, they’ve already learned Vim or Emacs. And the basic editors in Linux DE are way more useful than Notepad.

Re: Unofficial Windows 11 requirements bypass tool allows disabling all AI features

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Post by robin_reala »

GoblinSlayer wrote: post #73
robin_reala wrote: post #64

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Notepad++ is seems like it has a pretty high Wine compatibility? https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=applicatio...

Wine has a very small font in interface. Can something be done with it?

Not that I’ve used Wine recently, but this seems to be the exact problem and solution? https://askubuntu.com/q/1313791

Re: Unofficial Windows 11 requirements bypass tool allows disabling all AI features

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Post by gbin »

vivzkestrel wrote: post #37
QQ00 wrote: post #29

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for no telemetry and half the bloatware you can always use the enterprise version. it's also (n)x the price. there also the iot version which is more stripped down and get only security updates, no features updates or other craps. I don't think we will ever see a new version the way you described it, the amount of information Microsoft get from spying and telemetry is so much more profitable they even gave 10/11 for…

i want to be able to run games on it without a 100 programs running in the background. if Microsoft engineers really put their mind to it, they could create such an OS offering dedicated for gaming with literally nothing consuming your CPU and FPS except the game you are running

Is this whatever they are running on the Xbox you are looking for?

Re: Unofficial Windows 11 requirements bypass tool allows disabling all AI features

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Post by joshuaissac »

troupo wrote: post #14
whyoh wrote: post #13

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>dropping support for CPUs that are only a few years old Isn't it only 2017 CPUs and older? So that's at least ~9 years of free updates (free updates stop at the end of 2026 with the extension), which is frankly better than most other OSs. If you include paid ESU updates it's at least ~11 years and if you include LTSC it's even way longer than that. There are many things we can complain about when it comes to Windows…

> Isn't it only 2017 CPUs and older? So that's at least ~9 years of free updates (free updates stop at the end of 2026 with the extension), which is frankly better than most other OSs. That's the indictment of the industry, not a praise for Microsoft.

AMD themselves ended support for these CPUs a year ago, so it is reasonable for third parties to also do so.

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Post by petepete »

devilbunny wrote: post #89
vbezhenar wrote: post #67

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Just to present my anecdote, I'm using Lenovo Thinkpad Gen 4 Intel with Arch Linux and I don't have a single issue with hardware. Literally everything works. Suspend works, my laptop connected to the display via USB-C cable which also delivers power to laptop. My laptop stays with closed lid (clamshell mode). Sony BLE headphones work. Even fingerprint sensor worked when I tried it (but I don't use it, as I'm working…

I don’t actually use Linux on my Thinkpad, but aren’t they considered the best Linux-friendly laptops out there? Non-developer, don’t need Linux but sometimes need a Windows machine and this is it.

I've not found anything better. I still use my 2019 X1 Carbon, it still gets firmware updates frequently and has been rock solid.

Everything worked out of the box with Linux except the fingerprint reader. About a fortnight after I bought it, it received a firmware update and the fingerprint reader just started working and has since.

Re: Unofficial Windows 11 requirements bypass tool allows disabling all AI features

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Post by everdrive »

suby wrote: post #101
everdrive wrote: post #96

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This pattern is actually how I decide whether or not a piece of software is worthwhile. First Windows install, what do you do? spend an hour or so attempting to disable or remove all the junk being pushed on you and fix terrible default settings. It's been a while for me with Windows, so I haven't had to battle with the online account requirement, Onedrive, etc. But, the general pattern remains. If an OS or software…

I don't think the notion is always true of something being pushed on you automatically being bad for you. I agree that Windows is very user hostile, but something like mandatory updates where you cannot defer forever are good for less technical folks who, prior to this policy, were never updating and we had huge problems with botnets and malware running on people's machines. In a way it is like herd immunity where yo…

> I agree that Windows is very user hostile, but something like mandatory updates where you cannot defer forever are good for less technical folks

Maybe if those were only security updates. Windows pushes new features, new crap, and re-enables and re-installs (!) stuff you've removed via this path as well.

Re: Unofficial Windows 11 requirements bypass tool allows disabling all AI features

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Post by p_ing »

PeterStuer wrote: post #31
picafrost wrote: post #20

There is something so fundamentally gross about Microsoft's vision of what role an operating system should serve. That there is an aftermarket of software that attempts to disable (but cannot remove!) the invasive dark patterns is alarming enough, but Microsoft may simply just... undo that, with the next unstoppable update. Then again, this is the company that answered complaints about Windows being bad for developme…

They allow these aftermarket products to work/exist as long as they remain niche. It keeps a select audience that would have jumped ship on Windows. The moment these 'solutions' would get mainstream traction they will be shut down.

The ability to change the installed components or configuration of Windows via OOBE has been around since NT4, at least. These tools are nothing new nor novel; they're required for companies that want to have a custom image and removing default components is one of the more common things to do.
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