Abandon Ship!
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I'm sure the features do exist, but there's a big mix of people being semi-disingenuously mad at features you toggle off on install and never think about again, features in preview buids and features that don't quite do what people say they do.
That's not to say I wouldn't prefer many of those to... you know, not exist, but it's also true that my copilot button does nothing (that's a lie, it brings up the start menu), I don't have Recall, there are no ads in my Start menu and the extent of my interaction with "Click-to-do" was accidentally stumbling upon the shortcut, turning it off and never thinking about it again.
I shudder to think how much development time Microsoft dumps into things that work that way for all of their tech-savvy users and only exist as gimmicks and adware for normies. It's a dumb, dumb way to make software, but it's much more manageable than some corners of the internet say it is, be it due to the ragebait economy or just how weirdly partisan and irrational the Linux rah-rah gets.
As a long term dual-booter the whole thing seems kinda dumb to me on all sides for different reasons. I'm mostly just annoyed that I can't get Bazzite to hibernate properly and that I have to keep paying people to make my Windows taskbar float on the side of the screen like KDE does by default. And nobody is fixing either anytime soon because everybody is too busy being rich or smart or whatever other useless thing people like to be on the Internet.
It's a very stupid century.
I was gonna say I hadn't had issues with Bazzite's hibernate function in a while, but then I remembered I turned it off completely.
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https://infosec.exchange/@winterknight1337/114906298563785317
here is the referenced article: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/23/microsoft_copilot_vision/
I have not logged in to my Windows for ages. I feel like once I do, it will open a Pandora's box.
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Unpopular opinion: Windows peaked with Vista.
Vista had its troubles, but that was mostly due to drivers, which aren’t 100% on Microsoft. There was also performance issues, but I think some of that was due to underpowered hardware…
Once the Service Packs came out and the drivers matured, vista was stable, easy to use, and introduced a bunch of good features.
Everything past vista has been stupid and non sensical. They constantly change things, then have to roll back.
I have to use windows 11 at work, it’s terrible with weird bugs and performance issues. The funniest thing is my work issued me a high powered surface branded laptop.
Microsoft can’t even blame the issues on any other vendor, it’s a 1st party device, windows should be the best on surface devices. Especially given they have been making them for years and years
Vista era was when they were working on new driver models, graphics APIs, filesystem, a new shell, etc.
Sure most of them ended up sucking or didn't ship at all, but at least they were trying to improve the core of the OS.
Since then it's been 100% driven by marketing and adbusing their users.
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https://infosec.exchange/@winterknight1337/114906298563785317
here is the referenced article: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/23/microsoft_copilot_vision/
SteamOS v1.0 when?
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https://infosec.exchange/@winterknight1337/114906298563785317
here is the referenced article: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/23/microsoft_copilot_vision/
This is what they admit to, complete surveillance of your private computer. Imagine how long they've been doing this without telling us and what else they're doing right now.
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what it is > what's
AI wishes it could have such a command of language
"Guess what it is not processed locally anymore"?
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"Guess what it is not processed locally anymore"?
I think they read it as:
"Guess what, it is not processed locally anymore."
I think it was meant to be read as:
"Guess what is not processed locally anymore?"
I can understand making the mistake when they used a period instead of a question mark.
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I have not logged in to my Windows for ages. I feel like once I do, it will open a Pandora's box.
The temptation to open it drops to zero once you realise the box is full of shit.
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I think they read it as:
"Guess what, it is not processed locally anymore."
I think it was meant to be read as:
"Guess what is not processed locally anymore?"
I can understand making the mistake when they used a period instead of a question mark.
ah yeah it is my brain thats broken
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https://infosec.exchange/@winterknight1337/114906298563785317
here is the referenced article: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/23/microsoft_copilot_vision/
I hate that I’m in the middle of editing a long video using an archaic Vegas release; I’m sure there’s great video editing suites on Linux but I’m a bit blocked from switching right now.
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I was gonna say I hadn't had issues with Bazzite's hibernate function in a while, but then I remembered I turned it off completely.
As far as I can tell it's turned off by default. It has a sleep mode, but in my PC it still draws too much power to leave it in that state indefinitely. Windows Hibernate is surprisingly good in my setup, and it allows me to start a session on Windows, go to sleep, boot into Bazzite, then switch to Windows and pick up where I left off.
It'd be great to be able to bounce back and forth, but... yep, Hibernation not working for me. I'm sure troubleshooting can figure it out, but I don't have the time or energy at this point.
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SteamOS v1.0 when?
Bazzite today
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I think they read it as:
"Guess what, it is not processed locally anymore."
I think it was meant to be read as:
"Guess what is not processed locally anymore?"
I can understand making the mistake when they used a period instead of a question mark.
I wouldn't use a question mark there. It isn't a question.
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I hate that I’m in the middle of editing a long video using an archaic Vegas release; I’m sure there’s great video editing suites on Linux but I’m a bit blocked from switching right now.
totally understand the being locked in. that being said, when you're ready, check out kdenlive.
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https://infosec.exchange/@winterknight1337/114906298563785317
here is the referenced article: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/23/microsoft_copilot_vision/
Called it, knew theyd secretly switch it. Their entire buisness model with windows since 8 was collecting data from the user. They wouldnt be able yo help themselves from collecting this shit.
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totally understand the being locked in. that being said, when you're ready, check out kdenlive.
Agreed. There are other options, but I as a beginner started with kdenlive (something looked right about it, I guess) and I really like.
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This is what they admit to, complete surveillance of your private computer. Imagine how long they've been doing this without telling us and what else they're doing right now.
This. Independent of whether a local AI is desirable on your computer, an AI on someone else's computer has no goddamned business with any of your personal data. That should literally be illegal.
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I hate that I’m in the middle of editing a long video using an archaic Vegas release; I’m sure there’s great video editing suites on Linux but I’m a bit blocked from switching right now.
Kdenlive works on Windows
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a Linux to sell even
https://people.cs.georgetown.edu/~clay/classes/spring2010/os/inthebeginning.pdf
Hacker with bullhorn: “Save your money! Accept one of our free tanks! It is invulnerable, and can drive across rocks and swamps at ninety miles an hour while getting a hundred miles to the gallon!”
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https://infosec.exchange/@winterknight1337/114906298563785317
here is the referenced article: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/23/microsoft_copilot_vision/
So you mean... Microsoft lied and does the most irresponsible thing ever? For money?
No way, they would never! They have never!
Right?
