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TommySoda ,

As soon as support for windows 10 is over I’m out. My new laptop had Windows 11 pre-installed so I switched it to Linux a few days ago after I realized Copilot installed itself without asking me. I’m using my laptop as a test run before I get it on my desktop so I can figure out which distro I wanna use when the day comes.

lepinkainen ,

You guys do know you don’t have to use Windows?

untorquer ,

Enterprise CAD does not play well with wine sadly(im such with fusion). But i locked that local account windows install away on a second hard drive with default boot to Linux.

dogslayeggs ,

You do know that many millions of people are given laptops/desktops for work that have locks that prevent new OS’s from being installed, right?

BmeBenji ,

I wonder if the advent of Windows 11’s “best” features will become known as “The Great Defenestration”

cmnybo ,

Sure it can, you just uninstall the entire OS and replace it with Linux.

cyberpunk007 ,

Where’s the windows uninstaller located?!

cmnybo ,

The windows uninstaller is in the Linux ISO.

cheddar , (edited )
@cheddar@programming.dev avatar

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:6f1bde857b97b382f8841cdf3a42c530b3f4e34e&dn=archlinux-2024.09.01-x86_64.iso

Just boot this Windows uninstaller.

cyberpunk007 ,

My computer gives this error:

Error - Arch Linux is already installed.

Tja ,

There’s a lot of talk about switching to Linux (I use Arch, BTW) but for anyone looking for a new computer, macs are going to look real good. Still user friendly, excellent build quality, and Unix core. A Mac mini can be had for about 500 bucks. I’ve got an M2 MacBook Pro from work and I am super happy with it. Limited gaming tho, but I got a steamdeck for that.

1984 OP ,
@1984@lemmy.today avatar

Mac is a lot easier to get started with, so absolutely. The downside is that people get pulled into the ecosystem of apple, with specific chargers, keyboards, adapters… Many of my friends use macs and they also start to buy iPhones and other apple gear.

moormaan ,

My situation exactly, and I’m very happy with it. M2 with its speed and long battery life compensates well for some unconfigurable behaviours in MacOS that I have minor gripes with, and for gaming and general Linux goodness, Steam Deck to the rescue.

floofloof , (edited )

Macs look appealing, but they’re so expensive that I’ve been working with computers for decades but never felt I could afford one. Not a useful one anyway. The power efficiency is attractive but you have to spend so much to get past 8GB RAM and 256GB storage, which is like a PC from 10 years ago. Every time I consider it I end up back with Linux and/or Windows just because of the upfront cost. And because Apple sell to people who are willing to pay high prices, the software, accessories and support for Mac is also more expensive.

Tja ,

I haven’t bought a PC since my X200s ca 2008 so I’m really out of date on hardware prices, but the MacBook is just amazing. For dev / office work even the base one could be enough, swap is so fast you don’t even notice it. I have a 16/512 model and it’s more than enough.

For stationary computing, the Mac mini is awesome, under 1k with the same specs as the MacBook.

n3m37h ,

We can’t uninstall our own keylogger, sorry!

arin ,

keylogging isn’t as bad as seeing EVERYTHING including visuals on screen

ZILtoid1991 ,

Well, not without also uninstalling Windows…

StephenTallentyre ,

[ Insert “I see this as an absolute win!” meme here ]

ZILtoid1991 ,

Except I’m a gamedev, and I’ll have to keep around at least one Windows PC. Might be a Win10 one with extended support updates.

StephenTallentyre ,

Oof. Yeah, I don’t use my computer for work, so I’d never even thought of that. That’s annoying.

patrick ,

I actually want this feature, but I want to own the data. There are some OSS projects writing basically identical things but they aren’t too popular (github.com/jasonjmcghee/rem seems to be the most popular I could find, but I wasn’t able to get the cross-platform version running on my machine).

I also wrote the dumbest possible clone of this feature in bash, the basic data gathering steps are actually pretty easy to do. I’d build this into a real program but I’ve just been too busy lately with other projects: jackson.dev/…/cloning-windows-recall-in-30-lines-…

demizerone , (edited )

They see a pile of cash and can’t resist. The only way it’ll truly stop is if users boycott everytime they try to bring it back, which will be neverending.

xelar ,

Switching to Linux would be difficult, when I’m the only one in team willing to change.

People feel comfy as it is and don’t feel a need to change. They say it requires “extra work”.

Valmond ,

And still they do all that extra work repeatedly when windows changes or breaks something. Guess it’s just not annoying enough each time…

Reverendender ,

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/76dd1bff-c60b-4775-be35-51eee8a2af1d.gif

__init__ ,

You get to drink from the fire hose!!!

stoy ,

If it was listed incorrectly as a feature that could be turned on or off and it was a bug, then the bugfix would seem to be making it listed correctly as a feature that can be turned on or off.

stankmut ,

It can still be turned on or off, they are just saying it wasn’t supposed to be on that particular screen.

My guess is that it was there as a temporary way to turn it on and off during development before they had a page in settings.

algorithmae ,

You can probably disable it with a custom install, like Cortana

sir_pronoun ,

Just finally switched my gaming PC to Linux mint. It works flawlessly. I can even re-use the steam game files I downloaded on Windows. Never going back.

1984 OP ,
@1984@lemmy.today avatar

Yeah I’ve been gaming exclusively on Linux for many years now, but sure, a few games don’t work. I’m OK with that since almost all actually do work.

Slyme ,

“…can’t be uninstalled…”

Well sure it can, you just have to switch to Linux!

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