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Microsoft in their infinite wisdom has replaced the Hide Desktop icon with Copilot.
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Switch to Linux!
From Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows11/comments/1as1yjk/microsoft_in_their_infinite_wisdom_has_replaced/
What I'm against is bullshit.
I'm against ads in my start menu. I'm against getting all of my "apps" from an OS curated store. I'm against an OS constantly phoning home about every aspect of my usage. I'm against using a Microsoft account to log in to my own computer (I'm the admin, thank you very much). And I'm against simply forcing users to update to a companies newest product whenever it's convenient for the company.
I suppose what I don't like is ceeding all control over my computer to corporate entities, it's my computer.
Honestly, if I had my way and if it could have security updates forever, I'd want to use mac os 10.6 snow leopard for eternity. Best os I've ever used, it came with a lot of extra software and utilities, the search was fast and the rest of the time it stayed out of your way. The industry has only gone downhill from there.
When you are using closed source software, you are giving up any control or true ownership of that product. Especially with technology and something as dynamic and fast paced system as operating systems. The nature of things is that Windows, just like Android, OSX, etc, are just a service, not a package you buy and own.
People praise Linux because it's the other way around. Linux may have a lot of rough edges, but with it being foss, you own your software, you can do whatever the hell you want and break it as much as you want. As long as you are using software-as-a-service like Windows, this process is going to continue. That will never change because that's by design.
They will just push more and more anti-consumer design regardless of you liking it or not. Why would they not? If you're not switching to Linux, you're forcing yourself to stay in this cycle of corporate bullshit. There is only one way to break free and actually own and decide down to every line of code on how you want your system to run. Hell you can make your work flow identical for the next 20 years if you wanted to.
There is only one way to break free and actually own and decide down to every line of code on how you want your system to run. Hell you can make your work flow identical for the next 20 years if you wanted to.
Nobody has time for that... Nobody is actually auditing all the code on their system. Yeah, you could probably customize your experience to a point where you like it, but that too is wise an investment. And it's still not a "good" experience. I only lived on Linux for a short time, but it was pretty awful. For instance, I found that Linux doesn't have any equivalent to a Ctrl Alt del or force quit, so when a full screen program crashes, just restart the machine, it's unrecoverable. That's just one example, but it's that kind of lack of overall design and structure that leaves Linux a hot mess as a home pc OS.
I'm totally happy to run my router, my nas, or a web server on Linux, but I don't want to actually use it as my computer.