Microsofts new Terms and Service agreement is rather questionable. In short; It does not clarify if Microsoft will use your data to train it’s AI.
So Mozilla is calling for arms to sign their petition for Microsoft to give a proper answer! You can sign it here -> https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/campaigns/microsoft-ai/
Mozillas Context;
Ask Microsoft: Are you using our personal data to train AI? We had four lawyers, three privacy experts, and two campaigners look at Microsoft’s new Service Agreement, and none of our experts could tell if Microsoft plans on using your personal data – including audio, video, chat, and attachments from 130 products, including Office, Skype, Teams, and Xbox – to train its AI models.
If nine experts in privacy can’t understand what Microsoft does with your data, what chance does the average person have? That’s why we’re asking Microsoft to say if they’re going to use our personal data to train its AI.
Is there any guide for a windows noob that wants to switch to Linux? I mostly use software that manages my video and audio collection. I don’t know where to start.
YouTube is honestly the best place for tutorials. I went from being a complete Linux noob to running more Linux in the house than I can count, just by watching video on YouTube.
DJ Ware’s YouTube channel is awesome. For instance, he has a nice video on distros for beginners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30mLqdQw3qE
For questions you may have the !linux@lemmy.ml community is very welcoming. In theory there are also !linux4noobs@programming.dev and !linux4noobs@lemmy.world which should be more targeted at new users but they seem to be quite inactive lately (won’t hurt anyone here to go take a look there and try to keep them alive :-)).
Thanks buddy.
I recommend a virtual machine on your Windows PC as a host.
Start simple, e.g. do all your web browsing in the Linux VM. Don’t try to transition entirely to Linux in one go, that’s too much. Once you’re comfortable in the web browser, add one more piece of software.
Eventually get to the point where you’re doing everything in the VM for a month or so, and then boot into it directly. Or perhaps buy a second PC and a KVM for your keyboard/mouse/monitor. Because you might find there’s one thing (e.g. games) that works better on Windows.
If you want to get emerged into the linux world and get broad understanding then I recommend watching videos on youtube by DistroTube. Adjacent, kinda more advanced channels are Luke Smith and Brodie Robertson.
If you just want to use linux and be done with that topic, you can use linux mint. What you have to know is that you get all software from the software center, not from websites. The rest should be very familiar.