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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I KNEW IT! I FREAKING KNEW IT! People always kept going on and on how I'm paranoid and here it is!

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

This might be a hot take but I wonder how this would be priced.

It could be handy for cloud gaming (since gforce now publishers are trying to block it).

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

Lots of people missing the point here.

What if you had a tablet device that could go weeks without charging? It could handle basic tasks on its own, or more intensive tasks when connected to the internet?

Office 365 is a good example. Basic tasks of word can be handled by a cached web client, but if you need to do something more advanced and need the full version of word to run, the ARM architecture can’t run it so spin up a virtual instance and stream it to your arm device.

Windows 11 will have this baked in. It’s not a forced replacement of a local OS.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Cool so not only do you need to power your local device you also need to power servers and eat up loads of internet bandwidth. Super efficient.

All so they can force you to pay a monthly subscription.... Thank Gaben Valve is investing so much in Linux gaming.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Microsoft has recently announced Windows Copilot, an AI-powered assistant for Windows 11. Windows Copilot sits at the side of Windows 11, and can summarize content you’re viewing in apps, rewrite it, or even explain it. Microsoft is currently testing this internally and promised to release it to testers in June before rolling it out more broadly to Windows 11 users.

Omg... The return of Clippy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Ugh, rent seeking. Typical

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

That's going to be interesting.

Here in Germany, we are forced to use Windows in schools because "it's what the kids need in the real world".

By forcing Windows to work cloud-only, they are literally making it illegal to use in schools here, because we can't force children to use anything doing data-harvesting in order to pursue their education.

Fun times ahead!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

in the US, all the kids use chrome books, data harvesting is rampant

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

At this rate if Germany becomes a leader in exporting non data harvesting devices/vehicles I can assure you I'll be buying all my electronics from Germany soon enough.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Excel and Word in the cloud really suck, so let's do the whole operating system. Sure, why not?

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

Did you know Windows10 LTSC exists? It's mainly free of any telemetry and you can tweak it fully, and even remove Edge by force if you need to ( though I believe you can also force remove Edge in the normal versions). Been much happier with the version.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

@floofloof. That's a hard no. I mean if work wants to do it....ok? But on my own machines....Linux or Mac. I can just picture some jerk DDOSing it.

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

What is the best resource for learning other OS? I'm thinking Linux but am pretty open since I am not knowledgeable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It depends on what you are trying to learn. If it's just using it as a desktop then it's more a matter of just using it for a while to change your muscle memory from Win or Mac.

If you're looking for more of a command line/server experience, most distros have excellent documentation. This may be a minority opinion, but I personally like Oracle Linux (a Red Hat clone) and their documentation; https://docs.oracle.com/en/operating-systems/oracle-linux/index.html

I also like FreeBSD which isn't technically Linux but very similar in a lot of regards. They also have excellent documentation; https://docs.freebsd.org/en/

Ultimately, which distro you wind up liking is entirely subjective and one of the great aspects of the open source world. Oracle in particular you may see a lot of hate towards, but I've always had good success with their products and support. Best of luck!

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