"We did it, Patrick! We made a technological breakthrough!"
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AI, in this case, refers to LLMs, GPT technology, and anything listed as "AI" meant to increase market valuations.
I'm one of them, and currently looking into Linux, if I can migrate my Photoshop tools/brushes/gradients/etc successfully over to another program that is compatible.
My only hang up after that is gaming, and I feel that can be resolved with dual boot to win10.
Gaming on Linux either works on Linux or the game requires a rootkit malware to run.
I refuse to call it "kernel-level anti-cheat." That's like calling a sucking chest wound "alternative breathing"
Gaming on Linux works now. I play every game I care for.
Gaming on Linux is superior, on a lot of games! I dual booted and ran benchmarks on Windows 11 and Fedora, same hardware. Ran nothing but the OS and Steam in the background, (gaming mode on and off), oddly found better performance with gaming mode off, then tried the same thing with Fedora. 5-10% higher framerates in Fedora running Proton.
Tried the same thing with synched Firefox tabs, half a dozen open tabs, telegram and discord running. Fedora sometimes hit 15% higher framerates.
While going for another program, ideally non proprietary, with a native Linux version would be ideal, I would not be surprised if running Photoshop on Linux with wine was a viable option these days. Or will be in a not-too-distant future.
As for games, what the others have said. Unless you're into a specific multiplier game with a kernel level "anticheat", then it should be fine.
In fact, I suspect Photoshop, rather than gaming, is much more likely to be the reason you'd have to dual boot.
There’s nothing I do with my home computer that warrants that AI is integrated to the OS. I browse the web. Play games. Occasionally I work on some personal projects.
I can never see myself say ” Hey Cortana! I want to play Megabonk!”. I see much less reason for the OS to constantly record everything I do to do this.
Please don’t shove AI down my throat.
Man MS,…
-W8=> dude, we just want an OS that works
-Voice commands=> please don’t give hackers that kind of acces through our speakers
-Vista=> just fkn work already
-Onedrive all over the place=> nope
-365=> no thx
When will these assholes learn? If this is the straw that breaks multiple camels then good.
Windows users want a menu button in the lower left corner and shit to work after a short installer. How the fuck do you keep messing that up?
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Windows users want a menu button in the lower left corner and shit to work after a short installer. How the fuck do you keep messing that up?
Capitalists are literally Mt Krabbs:
"Squidward! New rule! All customers must fill in this survey about the details of their day before they order!" Drops a giant stack of papers on the counter
Squidward sighs "Why are we doing this?"
"Because then I can sell their information for more MONEY! Hyukukukukuk!"
Also UI that operates near instantaneously. Not waiting for the option I want to pop in.
Huge numbers of Windows users are refusing to upgrade to Windows 11 -- and many of them are citing its AI features as the reason why.
Spoiler: They're not. They're postponing. Eventually, they'll almost all give in to the bullying :(
Spoiler: They’re not. They’re postponing. Eventually, they’ll almost all give in to the bullying :(
My primary laptop was Windows 10. Since Win11 was so different in interface, and sucked so much with MS AI+Onedrive force feeding, it was no different effort to switch to a different OS.
I went with a Mac M2 system with OSX as my secondary OS, and Asahi Linux as my primary dual booting. So far I've only been in OSX for the initial user account creation and launch of the Asahi installer, but OSX is there to boot back to if I run into something commercially proprietary that simply doesn't run on Linux.
I'm a couple of weeks into this config so far and am quite enjoying Linux OS on Mac hardware.
I'd argue Mac hardware is a tad too expensive for a true Linux, but hey - main thing is that you enjoy it ;)
M2 is from 2022, its used hardware. I'm also pretty sure the OS does really care about the cost of the hardware. :)
I meant to say you have enough performance gain by using Linux that you can run it on cheaper Hardware, that's all :)
Windows 10 IoT LTSC is supported until 2032. That's a problem for future me...
Hopefully by then I've switched to an employer that allows me to run Xubuntu in the office. Right now my hands are tied.
Narrator: He didn’t switch employers and was forced to run Windows 11.
All my remaining W10 machines in the house are just in a holding pattern because I haven't bothered to move them over to Linux yet. For me (and hopefully many others), its just lack of free time and procrastination. There is zero chance they'll go to W11 for me personally.
Moved 5 home PCs from Win10 to either Mint or Bazzite this year. No complaints from the family; we'll not be going back to M$.
"Upgrade" lmao
Linux is a great option nowadays especially if you go for one of the more mainstream distros. Otherwise Windows 11 IoT LTSC is the best of a bad lot.
I'm not only refusing to downgrade to Windows 11, my home system got switched to Linux (with the support of my SO) despite me thinking Linux is probably the single least user-friendly system I've ever had the misfortune to use.
That's how bad Windows 11 looks to me.
Like apparently everyone else, I moved to Linux Mint and have been loving it! It really is easy to use, but I've also realized that my technical knowledge is at a point where I really don't need it to be easy. Like, I've always considered myself kinda tech illiterate in comparison to the people I'm around (I'm a software engineer who specializes in JavaScript/React, but I'm around Rust devs and people who set up docker containers for fun) but apparently just being comfortable using the console is far above what the average user will do. I think there was an xkcd about this kind of phenomenon
This is the absolutely perfect way to describe what it's like listening to Linux fans give advice to newcomers.
Eh. I installed Linux Mint this weekend because I was sick of Microsoft's bullshit and I had to connect my PC to my router with an Ethernet cable to install a driver for my wifi adapter from the terminal. I am quite tech savvy and was very comfortable with this whole process and it took no time at all, but my wife who knows barely anything about computers would have probably given up the moment the Internet didn't work when Mint installed. Most people use routers that they rent for too much money from their ISPs and don't even know you can plug shit into the backs of those routers yourself. The moment the wifi doesn't work on the new OS even though the password is right, it's game over for their ability to troubleshoot it. That is why Linux won't get normies on it anytime soon. After that my experience has been extremely smooth and I have been able to do anything I've wanted to do without touching the terminal (although I prefer terminal commands), but that initial hurdle is just way too much to expect from the average person who just wants to get on Netflix and Facebook asap.
I used windows 11 for too damn long before switching to Mint. I feel like I already damned myself.
Same, just got a new framework 13 laptop, it's not running Windows, sleep, fingerprint reader, Bluetooth, gpu drivers it all works. Linux now. All the games I currently play just work out of the box, steam just adds proton to the download. I don't use Microsoft Office apps though, more than happy with the alternatives.
I‘ve switched to Linux mint. 95% of my time I am using it instead of Windows and this is just because of that stupid kernel anti cheat software…