Microsoft did this with Internet Explorer and Windows 98; they make IE the shell for file explorer so as to ensure IE could never be removed.
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Everyday that passes my satisfaction has grown since jumping over to Linux Mint.
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How to disable Copilot
For Pro, Enterprise, or Education users
Press Windows + R, type gpedit.msc, and press Enter. Navigate to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Copilot. Double-click "Turn off Windows Copilot," select "Enabled," then click Apply and OK. Restart your computer for the changes to take effect.
For Home users
Home users without access to the Group Policy Editor can disable Copilot via the Windows Registry. Press Windows + R, type regedit, and press Enter. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows. Create a new key named WindowsCopilot if it does not exist. Inside this key, create a new DWORD (32-bit) value named TurnOffWindowsCopilot and set its value to 1. Restart your computer to apply the change.
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Just put fedora on an old dell laptop and it recognized the dual nvidia and intel cards out of the box 🥳
Dual-booting Win 11 and Bazzite while I figure out the flow for myself and whether I can shove off into the deep end without Win 11.
If you enjoy gaming or steam-related apps, Bazzite comes kitted out with most of what you'll need to be successful out the gate.
Aside from EAC-based games, I've found a lot of my games just run better without the Win 11 bloat in the background.
Exploring Windows alternatives has never been easier in my opinion.
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I’m sorry, is this an AI Generated keyboard..?
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Of course, make an anti-feature part of an integral part, which coincidentally also happens to handle personal files...
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On the one hand this is getting old, we know MS shit the bed and it’s gonna be MS copilot featuring Windows soon.
On the other,… man is this a spectacular way to run a company into the ground 🤣
Ok, we could put this into the category of W8 with its tile system. They try something new, it backfires, back to square one. (The menu button moves back to the lower left corner). But I dunno, despite there already being rumours an option to fully disable copilot “rolled out to administrators” soon.
I don’t think they’ll just try and sweep this one under the rug as quickly after all this disastrous doubling down.
KDE Dolphin works on Windows for those who really need Windows. Otherwise I recommend simplified Arch-based distros, but Mint is also good.
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Had a yarn to the household today, it’s Linux time.
I'm trying to think of a time when I thought "oh, if only I had an IA assistant in my file manager"...
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I hope my company will switch to something different. Microsoft ist getting worse and worse
Give me LTSC or give me death!
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soon there be some news about copilot deleting user files
Wasn't it bad enough, already? Did they already exhaust all other ways to make it worse?
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I wonder if I'll soon be able to just lean back and bark orders at my PC.
Jokes on them i replaced explorer with Directory Opus years ago... The only piece of software i miss on linux its perfect
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Sucks to still be a windows user and not want to learn how to use Linux.
Yeah, I know. Install Linux.
I'll do that when every single gaming title works flawlessly on it and not a second before.
Until then, I'll utilize whatever workaround the community comes up with to strip this shit out of File Explorer.
P.S. Many games still don't work on Linux. https://areweanticheatyet.com/
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Yup, never gonna run Win11
Let's face it. Windows search couldn't find shit before - what's a few more hallucinations?
If I need to run some bespoke piece of software that doesn't run on wine or a VM of older windows - I'll find an alternative. I'll leave Microsoft to its oily rags and matches.
What, you mean it wasn't there already ? It's the only place where it would be actually useful.
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