TLDR:
Windows 11 v24H2 and beyond will have Recall installed on every system. Attempting to remove Recall will now break some file explorer features such as tabs.

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Original Github Issue

  • Remmy@lemmy.caEnglish
    2755·
    2 months ago

    Microsoft has been the single most effective marketing asset for GNU/Linux distributions in recent years.

    • kameecoding@lemmy.worldEnglish
      72·
      2 months ago

      Well Valve was doing too well with the steam deck in that area so they had to trump them, second place is just the first loser.

    • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.eeEnglish
      16·
      2 months ago

      Tbf in recent decades.

      Even tho googled-android should have been even more so, but the hardware licence fuckshittery is a huge obstacle.

    • fuzzyfirefox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      2 months ago

      So true. I got fed up with all this Recall and AI BS and recently replaced Win 11 (which I upgraded to by accident) with PopOS. No issues so far and PopOS is much faster than Windows.

    • Freefall@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      2 months ago

      PC gamer for a lot of my life. My old Win8.1 system is slowly dieing and I can play less and less games…win 11 has made me decide to leave the hobby. I may grab a Steamdeck, but I think I am done with PC gaming (and consoles are just shit PCs now). I have a Linux work PC, but I am not bothering with making a gaming Linux rig when I can just go the Steamdeck route.

        • Freefall@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          2 months ago

          I can better justify taking the out presented and using the Steamdeck for my fix. It will be cathartic lol

      • BombOmOm@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        Just want to add that most games just work on Linux now. Valve has done some amazing work on this front. The Steam deck, or really any gaming PC with Steam, are perfectly good gaming boxes. Check out Proton DB if you want game-specific info.

    • discount_door_garlic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      2 months ago

      absolutely. I had tried Linux on various machines long ago but was one of the people that was put off by older distro’s learning curves - I’m now daily driving Linux on both my laptop and desktop and the main push for the switch is microsoft fucking around with settings, installing candy crush after updates (on a paid OS), adding more and more dumb, unsolicited, privacy invading AI bullshit with every feature update, and running like shit on a perfectly adequate machine.

      Modern Linux, with flatpak support? I haven’t looked back once - had to help a friend fix something on a win11 desktop recently and was reminded of every reason I made the switch. Even if I had to jump in the terminal every day like long ago, it would still be worth it to not have bing, copilot, and edge rammed down my throat, whether I want them or not.

      Windows is getting so shitty that completely non-technical users are tired of it… as soon as somewhat open minded users start to experiment and realise that Linux feature and UX parity has been achieved - I hope microsoft fucking collapses and we can all finally walk into the sunlight that open source OSes and software represent.