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[-] Fades@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Yeah because everyone knows once a company drops LTS the software becomes completely unusable!!!

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago

Lack of security updates should be a concern to you, yes.

Co-pilot tries to infect W10 too. Showed up on my taskbar the other day and I nearly shit. Just because it's off your taskbar, doesn't mean it isn't running processes. W10 is on life support at this point.

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

There are registry keys you can use to completely disable Copilot.

[-] Mwa@lemm.ee 1 points 11 hours ago

on windows 11 the story is different its a dependency of file explorer

[-] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 hours ago

Copilot as well? I thought it was that recall thing that was part of explorer

[-] Mwa@lemm.ee 2 points 6 hours ago

Oops I got copilot confused sorry

[-] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago

Thought I'd missed something, TY. Just give it time and they will integrate it if enough of us keep removing it

[-] Mwa@lemm.ee 2 points 5 hours ago

Ngl I Don't want Microsoft to use my personal images and train them on ai I donno if they do that

[-] mrfriki@lemmy.world 66 points 1 day ago

Sadly it is not about learning Linux but getting the software you use on a daily basis natively supported by the OS, that is why Linux is still not there for me yet.

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

Yeah, there is a whole load of Steam games that will only play on Windows systems. I'm looking forward to testing the new implementation of WINE and see if it measures up. If so, I may be dumping Windows 10 for a Linux flavor. Though I don't know if I can get the Windows XBox app to work on WINE. So that's a consideration.

I switched to Nobara a few weeks ago and gaming isn't really an issue. I still have to get Cyberpunk running when heavily modded tho. The Xbox Cloud Gaming app is available through an Electron PWA using Lutris: https://lutris.net/games/xbox-cloud-gaming/

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

What do you use on a daily basis that's not supported? I see this kind of comment all the time and nobody wants to tell me!

[-] gerryflap@feddit.nl 1 points 5 hours ago

Apart from the many compatibility issues with all kinds of random games that can usually be fixed within an hour (but still cost me too much time), the biggest one is specific stuff like playing Assetto Corsa with mods in VR using a Logitech wheel. It's already a pretty hefty stack of things to keep working on Windows, but on Linux I cannot even get AC to start so I have no idea whether the rest will work.

I'm already fighting computers all day. When I get home tired the last thing I want to do is to fight the computer even more. I just want a game to start without issue. Even on my Steam deck I have regular hard crashes of the system in multiple games, and my PC is probably less supported due to the more random set of packages installed

[-] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 11 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Its almost always tools and programs used in their professional life. The 365 suite, adobe suite, fusion 360, simulation programs, ...

Yes i know there are free or alternative options, but they are never as good or powerful as the full on suites that have existed since the dawn of time.

Ive been running linux ( dual boot with windows ) on my work laptop for 9 months at this point and i love it. But sometimes, i do have to boot windows for one of the professional suite programs.

[-] Zink@programming.dev 1 points 4 hours ago

For me the 365 suite (including copilot) all works great inside Firefox on Mint. But I work in software so the other everyday stuff is pretty well available.

I assume some day I’ll need to boot back into windows for something, but it’s already Ben months.

[-] Darorad@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Fair, but in the context of gaming I doubt there are that many people gaming on their work machine.

[-] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Depends, im a power user that does all kind of things on my pc. Gaming but also other workloads, so ill be dual booting with linux as my main soon anyway.
But for pure gaming, ye linux might do depending on the games

[-] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

I can tell you my issues, so far.

Logitech G13 left hand kb - no drivers, Steam VR library 20 some of 90 some games come up in steam, Microsoft intellipoint trackball, only left, right, and wheel work but cannot program the other 2 buttons, no BlueStacks - simple to use phone emulator.

Haven't gotten any further as if VR library is not available there is no point getting rid of windows, and I really want to get rid of windows. I just don't have the drive I used to, to fix, look up hints, tinker with my os and reinstall new ones. It has to just work. I have Kubuntu installed on a 4tb sata ssd, rtx 4070ti super, Ryzen 7 3800, 32gb ram. In the last month steam VR made some strides as setting up was as seamless as windows, but as I stated I am missing 2/3 of my VR library

[-] dev_null@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 hours ago

Yeah, my SteamVR library is why I keep a Windows virtual machine around.

[-] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 hours ago

I have faith steam will continue to improve proton to the point of "it just works". As well, any new purchases of hardware will be Linux ready.

I must say Linux HAS gotten more user friendly over the last 20/30 years, and the GUIs have gotten more stable. My first Linux distro was red hat enterprise Linux, and then I hopped around to fedora, then mandrake and mandriva, a buddy suggested slack at one point, then I found Ubuntu, and now Kubuntu, I prefer the gnome environment but kde plasma seems to work better. Wayland is also long over due.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

Oof that's quite the haul. Thanks for the write up though.

[-] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 2 points 21 hours ago

I will keep testing and one day I will be joyous. Linux is so close, just a few more years(tm).

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[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 1 day ago

My biggest hangup is Fusion360. Supposedly someone figured out how to get it working but It's not officially supported and I haven't had time to test it.

[-] overload@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 day ago

Microsoft office suite? Adobe, most DAWs. PCVR.

There are alternatives for some of these things. IMO libreoffice is good, but buggy compared to the MS office suite.

[-] Mwa@lemm.ee 1 points 11 hours ago

onlyoffice? it saldy uses chromium embedded framework tho.

[-] towerful@programming.dev 14 points 1 day ago

Basically "professional software" that isn't tech related.
There are fantastic alternatives that are (nearly) transparent for individual users.
There are BETTER alternatives for some software.
But working in a team/company that doesn't prioritise Linux accessibility is painful. And it's pain that people aren't paid to deal with to complete their actual workload.
MS has corporate by the balls.

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[-] Dasnap@lemmy.world 46 points 2 days ago

On my Windows 11 machine I just uninstalled Copilot via the normal app uninstall process. Unless I'm misunderstanding, I don't think it's tied into the OS in any fundamental way. I assume most debloating scripts include the step anyway.

Kinda crap that it's installed by default though.

[-] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

I uninstalled copilot after an update installed it, on win 10

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