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RemoveWindowsAI
- herf 11mo agoIt would be useful to separate "AI that stays on your device" from "AI that makes you send more personal data to the cloud" - maybe two scripts?
- fuzzfactor 11mo agoThat is a good idea, as new categories of bloat and performance compromise appear for different reasons.
- xgulfie 11mo agoDoes Windows have literally any "AI" features that are the former
- doomroot13 11mo agoYes. They actually deploy a number of small models that run on NPUs on copilot PCs that only run locally.
- r-johnv 11mo agoWhich are these? Information online didn't seem very clear on that split?
- GaryBluto 11mo ago[flagged]
- sky2224 11mo agoThere genuinely are some great things about Windows as a developer. Also, I like to play games and Linux isn't quite there yet.
- GaryBluto 11mo agoI'd say Linux is most of the way there considering the existence of the Steam Deck. Even then, why not use a Windows virtual machine?
- chris_wot 11mo agoBecause a VM will still be running the AI components?
- malfist 11mo agoThe VM won't have access to the GPU in a meaningful way unless you have multiple GPUs and can dedicate one to the VM.
- mossTechnician 11mo agoWindows virtual machines are much slower than bare hardware, especially for things GP mentioned like games. I have also found Linux lags behind in many areas that matter to me in functionality, performance (even compared to Windows 11) and general ease of use. Lots of people Linux or Chrome OS is sufficient for them, and that's great, but it's not enough for everybody. In response to your initial question, I believe everything must be criticized, especially things we like. Internal criticism, such as criticism of Windows, is just as important as external competitors, such as Linux.
- gregoryl 11mo ago
- wnevets 11mo ago> why not use another operating system? Can I play Helldivers 2 on another operating system?
- antiframe 11mo agoYes.
- wnevets 11mo agoWhich one?
- antiframe 11mo agoI don't know if you are aware but Steam has a Linux compatibility layer which they use on their Linux-powered devices. But you don't need their hardware, you can install Steam and play most games that doesn't require Kernel backdoors to play. And if you don't own the game on Steam, you can install their compatibility libraries from your package manager and/or GitHub. I have been doing my PC gaming exclusively on Linux since the Jan 14, 2020 when Windows 7 was end of lifed.
- Legend2440 11mo agoYes: https://www.protondb.com/app/553850/ https://www.protondb.com/app/553850/
- wnevets 11mo ago> Custom Proton: GE-Proton10-26 > (Flatpak), Set launch options > gamescope -W 2560 -H 1440 -r 144 -f --force-grab-cursor --adaptive-> sync --expose-wayland -- > %command% > Audio: Crackling > Windowing: Size, Other > Whiteborder at the top and left > of the screen without Gamescope I don't know what this means but it sounds buggy?
- gregoryl 11mo agoIgnore all that, people get a wee bit enthusiastic. I'm on arch, the steps to get playing are: - Install Steam - Install Helldivers2 - Launch game (I just downloaded and launched to confirm!)
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- naian 11mo ago1. Does any other operating system come with a complete implementation of win32 and directx and good hardware drivers?
- dmitrygr 11mo ago> why not use another operating system? on pc hardware, no alternatives exist that support sleep/wake properly while also providing for good battery life on modern hardware
- fuzzfactor 11mo agoNot my downvote, but you surely wouldn't be able to operate most of the scientific equipment in most laboratories without Windows and PC's of some vintage or another.
- GaryBluto 11mo agoIf you're using Windows in a laboratory you'd be buying the Enterprise versions.
- fuzzfactor 11mo agoExactly, and the further tweaking has been getting so bad it might as well be Linux :\ Another way of looking at it is that Windows XP is the enterprise version for many well-built pieces of expensive equipment which normally outlast PC electronics 5 to 1. Or asking "What distro of Linux has an enterprise version where you can install the high-dollar setup.exe in administrator mode?" WINE won't help you now when most versions and configurations of Windows were never even supported. This is no game. Now only some of the relatively newer instruments are validated using enterprise versions, this only started with Windows 10, plus it sometimes took years while only Pro was supported before Enterprise is now an option too. Only some vendors too. Must also work totally air-gapped start-to-finish (no downloading packages) and draw from the largely Windows-familiar ranks of chemists who need to be the most efficient mouse operators, so they have more time to accomplish their natural scientific duties which can be confusing enough.
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- jasonjayr 11mo ago> & ([scriptblock]::Create((irm "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI/main/RemoveWindowsAi.ps1 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI/m..."))) Finally, we can do 'curl https://host.com/script.sh https://host.com/script.sh | bash -' in Windows!
- delta_p_delta_x 11mo agoYes, that's called irm script.ps1 | iex Famously used in the Windows Activation Scripts.
- NSPG911 11mo agoim not exactly sure why they have chosen to execute as scriptblock, but normally, you can just do ``` irm <url> | iex ``` which essentially sends a request (curl) and runs everything (iex)
- userbinator 11mo agoThings like this and other custom "Windows distros" are a sign that MS would have no problem selling a version of Windows that's nothing more than a base OS, but clearly they would rather take the user-hostile route.
- stackghost 11mo agoMicrosoft has always been the bad guys. Does nobody remember Embrace Extend Extinguish any more? Those of us who came up in the 80s and 90s remember that bad behavior and even worse software is baked into Microsoft's DNA. That sort of organizational culture doesn't just evaporate.
- charcircuit 11mo ago>Does nobody remember Embrace Extend Extinguish any more? EEE was something a single Microsoft employee allegedly came up with 0 evidence of it being used internally within Microsoft.
- esperent 11mo agoInternally, it was Embrace, Extend, Innovate, used in an executive memo from 1994 [0]. But it doesn't matter where it originated or who first said it. The reason this phrase gained so much popularity is that outside observers could see that's their strategy was (and still is). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguis...
- userbinator 11mo agoMS was hostile towards competitors, not users/customers. You can run a VM of Windows 9x or NT and see how quiet the experience was. No pervasive spyware or ads to bother you while you work.
- geezthatswhack 11mo agoThat’s only because they had no practical way of doing that since no computer was expected to be online 24/7. Had they had the opportunity, they would 100% have taken it. Windows was never about serving a good experience to customers, it was always about serving the Microsoft-owned experience to customers—and these two things are very much mutually exclusive.
- gmuslera 11mo agoThe PC revolution started with the idea that you can own a computer. Now, by your operating system choice, you don't own it nor what it runs, you don't own the computer, and you don't own anymore the data that used to belong to you that you put there. And with your data it goes along you, eventually. And if you decide that you must install that operating system because it runs a particular game or app, think all you are sacrificing for that as an implicit extra cost.
- doug_durham 11mo agoHmm... I own my computer and the software it runs. I license access to features that I want.
- XorNot 11mo agoThe headline post here is about a user having to exercise an incredible amount of effort to remove features they don't want but which the vendor will deliberately reinstall despite user preference.
- tkel 11mo agoYeah, this makes sense, in a world where the things sold to you are produced by profit-maximizing capitalists. If the company were instead owned by the users, such as a consumer co-operative, then its products would serve the interests of its users.
- HeavyStorm 11mo agoDefine own. Because you barely own the hardware. Everything else you are granted temporary licenses that can be revoked without warning.
- eurekin 11mo agoI find it odd that Ms seems to invest in AI so heavily and yet, I can't still do a basic text selection in copilot's chat in Intellij and VSCode
- skydhash 11mo agoIt’s all about signaling and posturing to Wall Street. To this date, I’ve not encountered any user that said: “I have a need for this, how much does it cost?”, kinda like how you would buy a software license. Instead it’s sold like a street drug “Wanna try? The first’s on me” Except that is not good and the user doesn’t get addicted and now, they’re trespassing onto people’s space. Every comment that seems pro AI either falls in “I’m playing with it now and it’s a nice toy” or “It’s very useful for me, I can’t tell you how, but trust me that it is”.
- eurekin 11mo agoYes, people steal ideas and sell as their own. That is actually happening. Communities share less publicly, but if you know how to poke, you can find a gem or two. Anybody actually productive with LLMs just doesn't want to invest energy to fight the unwinnable mob mentality. I don't remember any time in my career, where you got such a backlash for using a tech. One example of a an absolute gem is this: https://youtu.be/vlD8CXr20OI?si=J2A5nrqjkFCqU_6R https://youtu.be/vlD8CXr20OI?si=J2A5nrqjkFCqU_6R Had I been still working with computer graphics, this would've been a true game changer. You can see how little views this video has. There is however a whole subreddit dedicated to sell this exact workflow (and even only the first node). There's a similar story with programming, but people are disincentived to share that. Github Copilot has potential, but seems abandoned already and I find it very odd, because it's the one product with actual substance
- eurekin 11mo agoHere's another potential example https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1pm5ik5/so_slightly_off_topic_but_does_anyone_else_here https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1pm5ik5/so_slig... Could be a dud, but I'd ask the person about details and perhaps it's a good use case
- shepherdjerred 11mo agoIt's easier to use the LTSC: https://massgrave.dev/windows_ltsc_links https://massgrave.dev/windows_ltsc_links
- eviks 11mo ago> Running the script with PowerShell 7 can cause issues, to avoid this ensure you are running Windows PowerShell (5.1) Interesting, I'd expect it to be more backwards compatible given the overall reputation
- hypercube33 11mo agoPowerShell 5.1 is the last of the .net framework version. Everything newer switches to .net core open source flavored which is cross platform. it's mostly compatible but not really either.