Switch to Linux!
From Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows11/comments/1as1yjk/microsoft_in_their_infinite_wisdom_has_replaced/
I’m just glad Copilot isn’t available in Europe.
Windows is shitty—don’t get me wrong. But for all my coursework it’s pretty annoying to do on Linux. Especially Office, and yes I am well aware it’s a MS product and that Linux-support will likely never come. Though the limited online version of Office or LibreOffice don’t quite cut it for me. Besides, running it with Wine or in a VM is too much of a hassle.
So “Switch to Linux!” is not really a solution for some. Let’s hope that’ll change in the future.
With that said, fuck Microsoft! I use NixOS btw.
… You guys might shit on it, but that’s incredibly smart on their part. Ten years or more of that button being there and now suddenly something else replaces it, just imagine the amount of people accidentally hitting the button and being introduced to copilot. This was a very deliberate change.
That’s exactly why we shit on it
And the thing failed the things I asked it to do so far. It’s not very helpful with actually getting things done.
This being “smart” is entirely based on the assumption that the average user who’s actually trying to just get to their home screen won’t be pissed when the bloated chatbot pops up instead. And that assumption is wrong.
I’m pretty sure there’s a term for it. Google did it with shopping and images, Instagram changed the home button with some advertising thing (dont remember the exact details).
Dark pattern.
Better than whatever i wouldve come up with lol.
I was thinking enshittification
Shadow Patterns!
Phishing?
If being an asshole is smart, I’d rather be dumb.
Dark pattern smart.
That’s why there are 3 of them now. One there and two in the corners of the start menu popup
It’s Smart as in, MLM scheme smart. Not honorable, just smart. Like a thief that is clever about not leaving fingerprints.
Nobody said it wasn’t deliberate. It’s still shitty af.
Not on Windows 7, they haven’t.
Never 10 for life!
The only thing keeping me on windows is EFT.
Win+d, I wasn’t even aware there was an icon for it. If it’s not the date, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or VPN, I’m all keys
Clippy never really went away, he’s just been evolving this whole time into something more and more annoying with each new iteration.
they are really tempting me to switch to linux already
Muscle memory abuse
That’s what made me refuse to use the Reddit official app before their API garbage. Every update was a gamble as to whether they’d try to make me spend money through muscle memory.
reminds me of discord
Never used it. It asked for my phone number for verification when I tried to sign up, a long time back. I was like
I guess user name does not check out.
Wow, Microsoft are always so innovative! I never thought that the Win11 taskbar could get any shittier, but somehow they managed it. It’s great to see those thousands of engineers being put to good use.
Maybe here is a good place to ask. I have used Mint for months now on my non-gaming laptop. I like it. I was ready to move my gaming rig at months end. Then I read that it can have issues with multiple monitors at different refresh rates and also with Mouse acceleration. Is this true and is there a solution?
X11 does not support different refresh rates across monitors.
You need a Wayland capable DE for that. The big one is Gnome.Don’t use gnome especially with Wayland. Plasma > 5.27 has awesome Wayland integration. Try fedora tumbleweed
Monitors at different refresh rates is a downside of x11, which Mint uses for all its desktop environments. Fortunately, they’re working on moving to Wayland for the Cinnamon edition, which has better support for that. There’s an experimental version you can use now, and they plan to be done in 2026.
I’d test things first ofc, maybe with your laptop plugged into one of the monitors.
My gaming rig has been on arch and manjaro for the past 6 years. No regrets. Sometimes games can be a pita to get working right, but proton/steam/valve have done an amazing job and it’s better every day.
I have a 2.5k 34" uktawide and a 27" connected. No issues.
It’s a case by case scenario.
If it works for you, then it’s all good.
If it doesn’t, then you might see the need for having a Linux PC and a Windows PC for different use cases.
Is that a default-ish tray these days? It looks like a complete mess.
I noticed this bullshit a few days ago on my Win 11 desktop! I found if you go check the settings of the start bar, you can hide the copilot icon in the lower right, and then there’s a check box to enable the lower right hand corner to work as show desktop again. The functionality can be restore to exactly as it was, but what the hell were they thinking.
Enshitification, plain and simple.
Jesus Christ I already don’t give a fuck about 11 because they’re just moving shit to move it, getting rid of useful features is infuriating.
can this be hidden via registry or group policy?
