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New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC (arstechnica.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

I left windows because of the ai stuff but I didn't expect it to get this bad. This is literally malware.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

This is finally it for me. I just can’t justify this any longer and will need to dedicate myself to running some flavor of Linux permanently as my daily driver.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (5 children)

I think I'll do the same. I wasn't switching because of compatibility but I realized that there are only 1 or 2 apps that don't run natively and I don't use them that often

Which distro do you recommend? I haven't used linux in a while, I usually went with ubuntu but I think that's not the go-to anymore?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

I am no expert though I like Linux Mint it has a windows 7 feel to it which makes it a great distro to start with.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Ubuntu is still really good and quite nicely polished. Alternatively, mint and fedora also get a lot of recommendations.

I personally use ubuntu.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Lots of people hate on Ubuntu for Snaps, but that's your own preference. Any of the Ubuntu-based derivatives should work just as well. I would recommend Zorin or Mint, and probably throw PopOS! in for good measure.

[–] Blisterexe 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The distro recommendation is usually mint, but I'd like to know, what does your setup look like? (Monitor specs, PC specs etc)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's a laptop with i3 gen 11, 12GB RAM, and I mainly use it for browsing, torrenting and watching movies (4K, connected to a TV)

[–] Blisterexe 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh yeah, then if you like the look of it, Linux mint is the best option

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Looks good! I'll give it a try this weekend, thanks!

Edit: I just installed it, it looks great! I find it very funny that one of the apps I was worried about was the HP scanner and it worked seamlessly on mint without installing additional drivers or apps so I can stop using that stupid HP app

Edit2: I also found out that my windows installation (system, drivers, updates, other files that I cannot delete safely) takes about 70Gb out of my 250GB SSD, even after running many commands to try to clean it up

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

PopOS is highly recommended, I tried it for a bit and really liked it, I need to plug in a second drive on my main pc to dual boot it there

[–] [email protected] -5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Lol, it's not even a feature yet... And when it is, it will almost certainly come as an optional feature you need to opt into.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Just like, pre-installed Edge and Onedrive, completely opt in and one day a windows update (automatically) reboots your pc and you just got opted in.