“We think we’re on the cusp of the next evolution, where AI happens not just in that chatbot and gets naturally integrated into the hundreds of millions of experiences that people use every day,” says Yusuf Mehdi, executive vice president and consumer chief marketing officer at Microsoft, in a briefing with The Verge. “The vision that we have is: let’s rewrite the entire operating system around AI, and build essentially what becomes truly the AI PC.”
…yikes
Can it be disabled?
yes, with a usb drive containing Linux installation media
Not worth considering. Even if one can disable it now, we can’t trust that they won’t disable that option eventually.
Just use Linux and these questions become “Oh no. Anyways…”.
I am just not sure all my shit would run on Linux. Does Linux have a windows GUI? Do all the steam games have Linux compatability? Is there a Linux version of Windows Defender?
These are all pretty easy to answer with a search, but here’s some info to get you started:
Lots of distros are similar to Windows in many ways. Some are specifically geared towards Windows-to-Linux migrants, or trying to be as close to Windows as possible. They are all much more customisable than Windows too, so you can change it to whatever works for you.
Linux Mint is often recommended to newcomers. Zorin OS is another good option that is more like Windows.
https://www.howtogeek.com/windows-like-linux-distros-you-should-try-out/
No, but compatibility is constantly improving and more developers are natively supporting Linux.
Game compatibility list: https://www.protondb.com/
Also, Windows app compatibility list (though many Linux app alternatives are better than their Windows counterparts IMO): https://appdb.winehq.org/
Windows is far less secure, and targeted by much more malware due to it’s market share.
https://linuxsecurity.com/news/security-trends/antivirus-linux
Many Linux users don’t bother with antivirus software at all, but yes, there are plenty of options available.
https://www.tecmint.com/best-antivirus-programs-for-linux/
The GUI? Sure. Check out Zorin OS. Not to your liking?There’s others.
Steam? Mostly, yes. If you have a specific game in mind, a quick Internet search will answer that for you. In my case, 98% of games run (incl. most AAA games).
Good news: you don’t need anti virus on Linux (at least not at this point in time). If you really want to, there’s decent options. But I yet have to encounter an infected Linux machine. Infected Windows machines, on the other hand, are easy to find. With Linux, your security will go up considerably, coming from Windows.
Sure! There’ll be a dialog box that comes up every single time that you wake your PC saying:
“Do you want to activate AwesomeAI™ now? 98 percent of the functions of this OS are crippled or unusable until you activate AwesomeAI™ so Microsoft recommends doing so immediately.”
And the two options will be “OMG Yes!” , or “Maybe Later”.
If they have problems it might be retarded.