A.I. News Microsoft’s plan to turn Windows into an agentic operating system has been met with massive backlash online.

[brambedkar59]

And on Windows I often need the command line (or the registry editor ) to disable a "feature".

Well the difference would be trying to disable/uninstall annoying app/bloatware vs trying to enable basic features like volume normalisation or optimus (otherwise my laptop's battery life would only be a fraction). And I never claimed Windows is better than Linux.

But what's so scary about the terminal?

For me, it's not.

 

[Divine_Barakah]

Nowadays it's free upgrades.

I'd rather pay a subscription and get what I need to get rid off the junk they force us to use. I don't need MS Edge and I hate OneDrive. What about the junk that is called MS Store? What about telemetry?

Look at the LTSC version, that should be the default and users can always opt in to use any of MS's junk.

To me Windows has become a bunch of unfinished projects and delusional dreams stacked together in a form of OS.

Look at the mess they forced us to deal with. Just take a look here on MT and other forums and on Reddit about scripts and numerous tutorial to debloat Windows. Why does that have to be the case?

 

[Divine_Barakah]

I tried Zorin OS lite few months back. All good until I wanted to turn on loudness equalization. Made system crash several times. Also, few years back I remember trying to enable optimus on my laptop (I think it was Manjaro Linux) and it was a mess, constant crash, black screen, etc.
And when people say you don't need cmd line, well they are correct until you actually need to customize something or enable a feature, then back to terminal.

TL;DR Grass is not greener on the other side.

Pop OS was the most stable distro I've ever used and it just works out of the box. I liked the concept of elementary OS but I have no idea where they stand now as I'm not following. Linux Mint is stable too. I also loved MX Linux, but Pop OS was perfect for me.

 

[Zero Knowledge]

The year of Linux? Probably never, it's been coming since 1995 and well besides servers no one really runs it except for a few die hards and computer people.

Don't get me wrong I love me some Debian Cinnamon or Mint Cinnamon but until Linux figures out how to run games without glitches it will never break through.

+ SteamOS & SteamDeck is good but whether that ever translates to mainstream distros is another thing.

 

[Deletedmessiah]

I'd rather pay a subscription and get what I need to get rid off the junk they force us to use. I don't need MS Edge and I hate OneDrive. What about the junk that is called MS Store? What about telemetry?

Look at the LTSC version, that should be the default and users can always opt in to use any of MS's junk.

To me Windows has become a bunch of unfinished projects and delusional dreams stacked together in a form of OS.

Look at the mess they forced us to deal with. Just take a look here on MT and other forums and on Reddit about scripts and numerous tutorial to debloat Windows. Why does that have to be the case?

Yes ltsc versions are so peaceful. Very like pre windows 10 regular windows, minus enterprise and security features which I never seriously used anyway.

 

[TairikuOkami]

I'd rather pay a subscription and get what I need to get rid off the junk they force us to use.

Clearly MS's CEO has failed a business class. I pay for MS365 and I would pay more for AI free subscription, but the current CEO is under an impression that people want AI.

It is sort of sad, that people are willing to pay more for less, but here we are.

 

[Zero Knowledge]

They kind of do (people that is) want A.I. I don't think it's just a trend, it's transformative technology.

Even regular citizens want to use it not just business.