Microsoft is moving forward with its plans to turn Windows 11 into a full-fledged “AI” operating system amidst Copilot backlash. The first big move in that direction is an experimental feature called “Agent Workspace,” which gives AI agents access to the most-used folders in your directory, such as Desktop, Music, Pictures, and Videos. It will […]
  • Admax@lemmy.world
    36·
    4 months ago

    This feature is completely optional and is never turned on by default.

    So far…

    • affiliate@lemmy.world
      21·
      4 months ago

      this feature will be entirely optional until microsoft realizes nobody in their right mind would enable it

    • visc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      Is this going to be one of those “optional but we’ll ask you every day” things?

  • ☂️-@lemmy.ml
    25·
    4 months ago

    i’m so happy with my decision to switch some years ago. in my case, valve’s proton was it.

    highly recommend if you can. linux can indeed be a bit frustrating to get used to but once i did, it transformed the way i use computers for the better.

    take the last year of support for windows 10 as an opportunity to dual boot in preparation for the windowsmageddon.

    • Sunsofold@lemmings.world
      7·
      4 months ago

      It has gotten so much easier too. I started with Ubuntu on an old laptop to try it out back in ~2017. I had some ‘learning experiences.’ This year, it took almost no effort to slap bazzite on a machine, do a few small tweaks using a GUI settings app, no terminal activity needed, and let even someone who has never used a CLI just get on with their day with basically no issue. At this point, the only issue is a handful of software, specifically Adobe and their nonsense.

      • ☂️-@lemmy.ml
        1·
        4 months ago

        definitely. back then some games needed me to compile cherrypicked patches to enable it to run, or some extra features. generally a bunch of fiddling around. today it’s pretty much plug and play.

      • PiraHxCx@lemmy.mlEnglish
        7·
        4 months ago

        Yep, Cloudflare working again ruined it. I thought this AI would be checking your files to see if you have inappropriate content. I guess that one is coming in the next update.

    • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
      71·
      4 months ago

      i decided this for myself a couples years ago (except it was windows 7 for me).

      fast forward a decade later and here i am typing this on a laptop that came with windows 11. lol

      the only way i escaped this until now as being able to afford the hefty price tags on linux-only hardware with something like system76 and i can’t afford it anymore since i no longer earn a software engineer’s salary.

      • monovergent@lemmy.ml
        3·
        4 months ago

        the only way i escaped this until now as being able to afford the hefty price tags on linux-only hardware with something like system76 and i can’t afford it anymore since i no longer earn a software engineer’s salary.

        Why not a second-hand ThinkPad/Latitude/ProBook? They’re cheap and cheerful and well-supported by most distros.

        • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
          2·
          4 months ago

          I’ve done that in the past and it’s taught me that I have bad luck w second hand personal electronics.

      • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        4 months ago

        fast forward a decade later and here i am typing this on a laptop that came with windows 11. lol

        Why can’t you downgrade to W10?

        Anyways, I’ve buttoned up this install of Windows, blocked all known telemetry points of access with an extensive block list in the .host file as well as others, and a litany of other modifications. I make images of my setup so that, if the wheels fall off, I can always spin up an image and be back in business without having to reinvent the wheel.

        I do use Linux and Mac in my network as well. However, I have one piece of software I use for my private business, and I have never been able to find a exact opensource/Linux equivalent. In fact I don’t think there is anything out there that does what it does. So, W10 is it for me.

        • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          4 months ago

          up until now, i thought that windows home was the lowest level trim i could get.

  • octobob@lemmy.ml
    2·
    4 months ago

    Fucking christ, now the mini PC I cart around to look at drawings and schematics at work is going to freeze up and be slow even more than it already is for some crap I don’t need

  • afporritt1001@lemmy.today
    2·
    4 months ago

    So glad I installed Ubuntu 2510 so I do not get ai garbage and privacy issues security issues so Ido recommend Ubuntu for freedom

  • FreddiesLantern@leminal.space
    1·
    4 months ago

    I just … of all the shit that MS has pulled throughout the years. This is just spectacularly bad.

    Remember when voice activation left a loophole for hackers to just do stuff by talking to the OS through the speakers?

    You could say that that was a “silly oopsi”.

    But this is … like that uncle who got way too drunk at the family party and ended up streaking the backyard with fireworks in his hands, … buknaked.