#Microsoft has put vile LLMs into everything including Notepad & Github: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/23/microsoft_ai_notepad

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#Microsoft has put vile LLMs into everything including Notepad & Github: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/23/microsoft_ai_notepad

Escape this dystopia by switching to #FOSS alternatives:

️ @CryptPad - Privacy-friendly online office suite, used by the UN

️ @libreoffice - Most popular free open offline office suite

️ @CollaboraOffice - Collaborative online fork of LibreOffice

️ @ONLYOFFICE - Online office suite, self-hostable

️ @thunderbird@mastodon.online (main) & @thunderbird@tilvids.com (videos) - Email & comms suite (RSS, XMPP, IRC etc)

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#FOSS alternatives to #Microsoft (continued)

️ @Jami - Peer-to-Peer calling, video conferencing & chat

️ @nextcloud - Easy-to-use personal clouds, lots of add-ons available such as office tools, chat & calling, photo sharing etc.

️ @forgejo - Self-hostable code forge, supported by Codeberg, hard fork from Gitea

️ @Codeberg - Large non-profit code forge, running on Forgejo which they maintain

️ @Luanti - Free open alternative to Minecraft, highly flexible, mod-friendly, online-friendly

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#FOSS alternatives to #Microsoft (cont)

️ If you just want an easy-to-use replacement for Windows, highly recommend @linuxmint

Complete list of Linux distros on Fediverse:

@almalinux
@alpinelinux
@archlinux
@AsteroidOS
@chimera
@edubuntu
@elementary
@fedora
@Feren_OS
@freedomboxfndn
@garuda
@gentoo
@kalilinux
@linuxmint
@LubuntuOfficial
@mobian
@opensuse
@postmarketOS
@rockylinux
@getsolus
@ubports
@ubuntubudgie
@ubuntustudio
@ubuntusway
@UniversalBlue
@yunohost

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@FediFollows @CryptPad @libreoffice @CollaboraOffice @ONLYOFFICE @thunderbird@mastodon.online @thunderbird@tilvids.com

Even better: STOP USING #Windows for good!

End of 10

Windows 10 ends in 2025. Don’t buy a new PC — revive yours with Linux. It's fast, secure, and help is available to get you started.

End of 10 (endof10.org)

#Windows #AI #Enshittification #Malware #Govware #Windows10 #Windows11 #EndOf10 #EoL #Linux

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@FediFollows @CryptPad @libreoffice @CollaboraOffice @ONLYOFFICE @thunderbird@mastodon.online @thunderbird@tilvids.com I discovered that the Notepad app that comes with all that idiotic bloat is a Microsoft Store app that you can uninstall. The old style Notepad.exe still exists. Great, right? Except when you do that it refuses to allow it to become the default app for opening, say, .ini files. You can right-click and "Edit" but you cannot make it a file association.

How pathetic is THAT?

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@kkarhan

There are some alternatives to Windows at the end of the thread

I'd especially recommend @linuxmint for people who just want an easy-to-use solid replacement for Windows.

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#FOSS alternatives to #Microsoft (cont) ➡️ If you just want an easy-to-use replacement for Windows, highly recommend @linuxmint@mastodon.social Complete list of Linux distros on Fediverse: @almalinux@fosstodon.org @alpinelinux@fosstodon.org @archlinux@fosstodon.org @AsteroidOS@fosstodon.org @chimera@gts.chimera-linux.org @edubuntu@ubuntu.social @elementary@mastodon.social @fedora@fosstodon.org @Feren_OS@mastodon.social @freedomboxfndn@mastodon.social @garuda@garudalinux.org @gentoo@fosstodon.org @kalilinux@infosec.exchange @linuxmint@mastodon.social @LubuntuOfficial@fosstodon.org @mobian@fosstodon.org @opensuse@fosstodon.org @postmarketOS@treehouse.systems @rockylinux@fosstodon.org @getsolus@floss.social @ubports@mastodon.social @ubuntubudgie@mastodon.social @ubuntustudio@mastodon.art @ubuntusway@mas.to @UniversalBlue@fosstodon.org @yunohost@toot.aquilenet.fr 3/3

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@rozeboosje

They're treating their users like cattle