they just rebranded it. look closely, they changed the copilot button to a sparkly pencil. don't fall for it. install linux

April 11, 2026 - 06:40 UTC

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Yeah, until their alleged plans to replace all of the garbage electron apps with native apps comes through, and those new apps cut these buttons (or bury them as an opt-in,) it's all stop gap fixes at best & deceptive smoke & mirrors while they look for rebranding angles at worst:
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Lord, I've seen what you've done for others and I want that (dropping Electron) on Linux.
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LibreOffice and/or Neovim on arch linux is all y'all need for writing for forever
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Ive been using linux for about a year now and have only wanted to pull my hair out 3 times.
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thats insane numbers, windows makes me want to pull my hair out almost everytime i use it.
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Thank fuck I still run Windows XP
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Jenny, I have used linux previously but not since the days where you installed an .iso on a disc and ran that thru BIOS. What's it like now?
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you install an iso on a flash and run it thru uefi
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It's great. I loaded Zorin on an old laptop that looked like it was having hardware problems when it was having Windows. Turns out, it wasn't hardware at all. Zorin is intuitive, easy on the eyes and super functional and reliable.
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forgive me for jumping into the replies in her place but nowadays something like Linux Mint feels way more user friendly than modern Windows 10/11
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiFBcTgamHU
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I was about to say... they literally just changed the button lmfao
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Did you hear the news?
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yeah lmao someone pinged me about this
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Been a Mint user for 15 years, never learned a lick of code and everything just works. Linux is very normie friendly nowadays.
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yeah, libreoffice and a friendly window manager and a browser does like 99% of what your geriatric parents need. just gotta get the printer set up from there
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if you set it up right, they won't even notice the difference
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I'm at almost 2 years on one desktop and closing in a on year with my main desktop on linux. Give it a try, people. You might actually like it
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companies hastily rebranding unpopular products because they fear the backlash like little weasels is my favorite gender
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You casually dropping greatness again?
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I swear Microsoft gave up on OS because there is no money there and they gave it over to the whim of the insane upper management so they don't touch any of their actual money makers like azure and tooling like visual studio/sql server...
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I'm also angry all these bot companies are staining the sparkle emoji. it should be a crime. defamation even
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AI has legitimately ruined sparkles and the color purple
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You're absolutelyโ€”nah, forget it, the slopmasters gotta pry that shit from my โœจcoldโœจ โœจdeadโœจ โœจfingersโœจ
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Microsoft should just bring back clippy instead.
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I hate it. I want it gone and can't figure out how to disable it.
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Who amongst us cannot be bribed by a sparkly pencil?
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theyre so lazy with it
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Sadness
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Every time I see a sparkly button on any app I regard it as the polished turd that it is.
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