this post was submitted on 09 Apr 2025
220 points (97.4% liked)

Technology

68772 readers
6223 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
220
Microsoft starts testing Copilot Vision update that can “see” your screen and apps (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
48 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 days ago (4 children)

I might have to switch to Linux soon. But I have no idea how to yet. This is forcing me to. Fucking hell. I pay for a product and they still insist on invading my privacy. Fuck American companies that do this shit man.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Find a well-supported distro (Debian, or Debian-based like Ubuntu and Linux Mint, is ideal - highly stable). Then go through your applications and look for Linux equivalents, or see if the companies behind the apps offer a version for Linux.

I've been running Linux Mint Debian Edition (not Ubuntu-based) on my laptop for almost a year now. It's now my go-to machine for pretty much anything I do outside of my gaming PC (which is also getting Linux Mint soon).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Thank you for the recommendation. I will read into it a bit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

I made the leap 2 years ago on both my gaming desktop and laptop. Running Garuda Linux and have loved it. The only 'hole' I've run into is fusion360 - i just can't figure out freecad and autodesk really don't seem to want their software running under wine...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Take the Linux Mint pill 💊