I have been using Linux off and on for 25 years (using the server pretty consistently, but always hedged with the desktop for various reasons). Since Proton and GE-Proton allow every game I want to play to work in Linux, back when Recall was first announced, I decided to finally stop hedging and went all in on the Linux desktop.

And I’m not going back. Everything is working for me and Microsoft can screw off if they think I’m going to allow such blatant spyware in my house. Their telemetry was always suspect, but this is now overt despite any assurances they attempt to make.

Edit>> And their “oh you can uninstall Recall” isn’t trustworthy when they will easily reinstall it with a Windows update (they have done this in the past with other software — notably Edge and Teams).

One of the few giants upon whose shoulders we all stand.

When I can set that up for my AppleTV to block ads on YouTube, I’ll be happy to use it.

If Russia wants to start WWIII, that’s a good way to do it.

The damage is done, though. And the fact that Intel wouldn’t do anything about damaged CPUs (edit: without requiring the customer to call over and over and over about the RMA) or recall affected CPUs is quite telling. So I’m jumping ship to AMD for my next build.

I don’t have an answer for you, but I have a caution…

I once worked for AT&T and worked on AT&T Messages.

DO NOT USE IT, if it still exists, if you’re with AT&T. At the time I worked on it, there was no encryption except in-flight (https) – which means if I had had production access (and some people who worked there at my level, definitely did), I could have read all messages, blobs, everything. I was told after I quit that they intended to add encryption, but since AT&T would still hold the keys, it’s useless.

I forgot about that.

This is correct. Linux doesn’t suck and Windows most definitely does that very well. I’d also add you can do quite advanced things on Linux, as well.

Also disclaiming: Using Linux since 1999

I’m confused, why hasn’t Signal been suggested? Pretty sure it works just fine with WiFi only.

“A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it.”

— Agent K, Men In Black

It’s Thursday…what the hell are you doing!!! You’re going to break the Internet!!!

I just stopped caring. Why should it matter if people like me? Life is a very short, fleeting construct. Wasting time worrying about what some other human thinks of me makes literally no difference in the grand cosmos. I’d rather put my energy toward something interesting.

Built on Chromium. No thanks.

Btrfs, because I’ve heard good things.

Fuck spez.

Exactly.

Oh look, another Lunduke article. I’m sure there’s no bias at all. Nope.

In any case, I adore Arch and Firefox and am extremely happy with my Garuda install.

Maybe not, but, anecdotally, I know of a number of people who have made the switch because of Recall. Steam Deck surely adds to it, but people who have the choice to stop using Windows seem to be doing so.

I suspect it’s a bump due to Windows Recall. I know I fully switched because of it after 25 years of off and on the Linux Desktop. And I will not be going back.

Yeah, I’ve also found Razer to be quite bad both in quality of hardware and support.

Only thing I own now that is made by Razer is a mouse.