Windows 11’s Notepad continues to get Copilot-powered AI features – a handy addition to a tool whose main appeal has always been simplicity and minimalism. Not all users are happy, however, with some saying AI features are overkill.

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  • laranis@lemmy.zip
    18·
    3 days ago

    No user said, “Leave it alone.” Not a single one. Universally from the office, to the classroom, to the monastery, every single person said, “Leave it the fuck alone.”

  • HopeOfTheGunbladeEnglish
    38·
    3 days ago

    You can leave at any time. You don’t have to be in an abusive relationship with your operating system.

    • Nalivai@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 days ago

      Microsoft seem to have very tight grip on the corporate world. It’s getting better, but still.
      I left a company once because they started switching to Microsoft infrastructure and that just got miserable. But I’m a privileged in that regard, a lot of people can’t do that

        • falseWhite@lemmy.world
          3·
          3 days ago

          Haven’t seen a single Linux game to download from torrents. All are for windows. Care to ask your friend how/where he pirates AAA games on Linux?

          • DupaCycki@lemmy.world
            14·
            3 days ago

            I had a dream where somebody pirated windows games on Linux and just played them through wine/proton. Just like… you know, legally purchased copies.

            Of course, as an upstanding citizen I haven’t tried this in real life.

              • prole
                2·
                2 days ago

                You seem to really want this to not work, but I suggest actually looking into how far gaming on Linux has come. Proton is actual magic.

              • Rob T Firefly@lemmy.worldEnglish
                12·
                3 days ago

                Neither Wine or Proton require running Windows. They’re compatibility layers which allow Linux to operate software intended for Windows.

                You may be thinking about when someone emulates a full virtual Windows machine within Linux, which is more resource-intensive. The overhead and performance impact of a compatibility layer like Wine or Proton is generally negligible compared to running such a VM.

              • Jankatarch@lemmy.world
                10·
                2 days ago

                Wine is not an emulator. It *translates* windows code to linux at runtime. Bazzite wouldn’t beat windows at so many benchmarks if it was a virtual machine.

                Also I wouldn’t know but if you are looking for where to potentially find native linux binaries for games that support it, you should probably go ask that question on totally unrelated counter strike forums

          • prole
            1·
            2 days ago

            Proton. You run the Windows version sometimes it runs better than it does on Windows

          • Jankatarch@lemmy.world
            2·
            2 days ago

            Idk if you got it from the source directly inatead of websites that just reupload with malware, you would see linux versions BEFORE windows.

      • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
        3·
        2 days ago

        Yeah, but how will I pirate games on Linux?

        If this is sarcasm, you might want to tag it as such, before half the Linux community shows up to give pointers.

        I, myself, have never pirated anything, obviously.

        But I heard from a friend that it can be pretty great, even on Linux.

    • BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      2 days ago

      On a website which has AI slop wondering what’s wrong with AI unenthusiasts. Guess the picture is just icing on the get-that-icky-AI-drool-off-of-me cake

    • vxx@lemmy.world
      16·
      2 days ago

      Notepad ++

      It’s not an old Version but what windows notepad shouldve been twenty years ago

        • rockSlayerEnglish
          1·
          2 days ago

          I’m a big fan of the hex editor plugin, but mostly because I like playing with hex

      • morphballganon@mtgzone.comEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        Yeah, I’ve used it. If I’m editing code I use Visual Studio since Unity opens scripts in that. If I’m just looking at text I want my editor as simple as possible.

      • morphballganon@mtgzone.comEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        I have a machine with Ubuntu. Most of my hobby stuff is on W7/W10 machines. My familiarity with Windows commands far exceeds my familiarity with Linux commands.

    • TriangleSpecialist@lemmy.world
      28·
      4 days ago

      Damn, notepad++… I remember feeling so sad that there wasn’t a Linux version back when I ditched Windows.

      Baffles me that this did not get a wildly successful native Linux version in all those years, but it’s probably too late now with VSCode and all the NeoVim fans.

      • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        3 days ago

        From the Notepad++ home page:

        Based on the powerful editing component Scintilla, Notepad++ is written in C++ and uses pure Win32 API

        Trying to port it to other platforms is thus nonsensical. It would have to be a ground-up rewrite without the Windows API dependency. And there are indeed various other projects for Linux and other platforms that pretty much replicate its functionality, but they’re by definition not going to be Notepad++.

      • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
        2·
        2 days ago

        and all the NeoVim fans.

        Yes. NeoVim has no business being as good as a drop-in replacement for Notepad, as it is (for people who want that, anyway.)

        Even VSCode isn’t half bad at a quick load, now - as long as it isn’t loading too many plugins.

        NotePad++ is still pretty great, by any measure, though. (Edit: But not good enough to load Windows for, to me.)

        • TriangleSpecialist@lemmy.world
          7·
          3 days ago

          Is there? Releases span between 2017 and 2019, the last of which is a beta, and it is largely unmaintained, with most of the contributions after that being “readme updates” and the odd typo/mistranslation.

          Wouldn’t call that a wildly successful Linux version of notepad++.

          EDIT: reading this again, I don’t know why I sound so needlessly angry, it wasn’t my intention.

          I meant to say this does not sound like a viable alternative from a glance. But if you used it and it’s good I am happy to be proven wrong.

  • Machinist@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    Due to CAD/CAM and the nature of my industry, I’m stuck with windows on my daily driver for the foreseeable future. (Been using Linux since Ubuntu was new, have multiple servers and old chromebooks running different flavors.)

    I’ve been putting off dealing with this. Goatfucking bullshit pain in my dick.

    Can I pretty please get recommendations on upgrading to 11 and unfucking it as much as possible?

    • polle@feddit.org
      3·
      2 days ago

      I recommend you getting a second pc with an gpu and install linux on your main one. Then get moonlight and connect to the windows one with it. Its a in-house streaming solution like this cloud gaming stuff. But also for just for normal usage. Like remote desktop but actually so fast you forget that its remote. Thats what iam doing for these big windows only software situations.

      • Machinist@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 day ago

        I’m not willing to spend the money it would cost to duplicate my rig right now. That also throws the same problem on a different machine.

        I’m just going to have to neuter the installation I have after an upgrade. I need to figure out if there is anything I should do to it while it’s still on 10.

  • alias_qr_rainmaker@lemmy.world
    20·
    4 days ago

    oh god i know what they’re planning…they’re going to force AI slop into the base model and charge you extra to move up to premium, where it’s just a regular fucking text editor, lmao

  • CerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    10·
    4 days ago

    Copilot has been in Notepad, though. It can be disabled in Settings. I also disabled Markdown — I don’t need it. I just use Notepad as like a scratch pad, it’s a bit more versatile than Sticky Notes (which I also use).

  • normonator@lemmy.ml
    9·
    4 days ago

    It was already ruined when they modernized it. Now they are just pissing on it’s corpse.

  • Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works
    6·
    3 days ago

    I want Microsoft to add AI to my ass. Imagine what you could do with all the data coming out my butt MS. Hurry up and start working on it, openAI is already working on pushing AI to our balls.