• Cris@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      3 months ago

      Its frankly fucking comedic. Someone seriously thought that was a good way for it to communicate that its turned on 😂

      I mean, it’s apt. But companies are usually better at pretending they’re not up to anything nefarious 😅

      • dev_null@lemmy.ml
        20·
        3 months ago

        It box says “Gaming Copilot is watching YouTube”, where “YouTube” is the name of the browser tab that was open when that screenshot was taken.

        The dialog basically says “Gaming Copilot is watching [your currently opened app/tab]”.

        The text being cut off is making it look funny, but sadly no, no one wrote that message.

  • CerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    5410·
    3 months ago

    Anything involving Copilot makes me happy to be a Mac user.

    If you have a machine that runs Windows and the hardware is still good, it’s time to give Linux a chance. Look into Proton for gaming (it’s a translation layer, like WINE I suppose). And let’s stop acting like Macs are the odd one out. Macs run UNIX. Windows is the odd one out! ;)

    • Bizzle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      404·
      3 months ago

      MacOS or whatever they call it now is “unix-like” but it’s still ultimately a closed environment and definitely not the same, ethically, as a real FOSS OS. Apple doesn’t care about you any more than Microsoft or Google, they’re also in it for money.

      • CerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        21·
        3 months ago

        I keep hearing it’s certified UNIX, and if you don’t know “what they call it” despite me saying so in the post you replied to, I question your comprehension of the material in general.

        Now, I’m not a UNIX guy, and I always thought it was bizarre that people said that. So I looked it up. I neither like nor trust Google, so I searched “macOS UNIX certification” on DuckDuckGo, which I believe uses Bing? Still not ideal, but at this point any search engine is going to get us some meaningful searches.

        DDG’s AI companion says this: MacOS has been certified as UNIX compliant, specifically as UNIX® 03, which means it adheres to an older version of the Single UNIX Specification. This certification indicates that macOS meets certain programming interface standards, but it does not necessarily reflect the latest UNIX standards.

        The top link is from The Open Group which declares itself to be the official register of UNIX certified products. They list Apple macOS 26.0 Tahoe at the top (probably because Apple comes first alphabetically).

        The Register is a little more dubious on the subject. It claims that macOS 15 Sequoia (the previous version; before they went to year-name releases rather than sequential) was also UNIX certified, but it goes on to say there are different certifications which are upgraded each year, and Apple only qualifies for UNIX 3 from 2002. It seems like there are much newer certifications Apple could maybe go after, but hasn’t. It goes into what the certification means, but this isn’t that interesting to me. But there is the link for anyone curious enough to dig.

        Finally, OS News claims the certification is a lie but this is mainly clickbait. It says the same thing as The Register, that Apple only achieves the UNIX 3 certification. Then it goes on to accuse Apple of cheating to get to that point, and goes into some code — way past my expertise.

        Today, I am a little bit more educated on macOS UNIX certification than I was yesterday. Maybe some of you are, too. Or maybe not, I really don’t know. We’re all on different paths. However, I am not convinced to change my assertion that it should be “Linux and macOS against Windows” rather than “Linux and Windows against macOS.” The latter just seems wrong — why would Linux and Windows users align at all? Other than more similar hardware. Whereas Linux and macOS are both improvements over Windows.

        Another thought occurs: is it even Linux users who are going against Mac users? I think it’s probably mostly just Windows users trying to spread FUD.

        • Bizzle@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          3 months ago

          That’s really interesting and I appreciate taking the time to write that comment, but I’d put Mac and Windows on the same team because their goals are basically the same, to transfer wealth from the consumer to the company. Linux, and open source software in general, does not have that same motivation to squeeze the consumer so of course it’s going to be better.

          Mac hardware gets sold at tremendous markup because it’s so closed. Windows is little more than a vessel to show ads. Linux is a good experience from installation onward, almost regardless of distribution. Free of telemetry and runs on literally whatever, if it can run code it can probably run Linux. I have a laptop from 2011 that runs Arch with XFCE and it’s buttery smooth. My 2012 MacBook pro has been a paperweight for years and Microsoft wants me to throw away anything that can’t be tied to me personally.

          That said I would MUCH rather use macos than windows, my wife has an m1 MacBook Air that I use sometimes and it’s definitely more pleasant than Windows. However, I think Linux is the odd man out. MacOS vs Windows is like stubbing your left toe vs your right toe.

          I run Arch btw on my gaming PC and my old ass laptop I can show you my qualifications if you want 😂

    • loutr@sh.itjust.works
      231·
      3 months ago

      Proton is WINE, it’s a fork maintained by Valve and Codeweaver with DXVK (Direct X -> Vulkan) on top. If you use Steam for gaming it will set up proton automatically for you.

      And yes macOS is a step up from Windows, but it’s still a walled garden. Want to develop an iOS app? You must buy a Mac, you must buy a developer license, you must use the worst IDE ever created, and you must distribute it through the app store (except in Europe in theory, but they worked hard to make the experience so miserable that almost no one bothers).

      • jellygoose@lemmy.ca
        15·
        3 months ago

        You can definitely rent a cloud Mac, or use a virtual machine to achieve all that. FUD.

          • jellygoose@lemmy.ca
            12·
            3 months ago

            This isn’t about « winning the argument » you incel, it’s about DISCUSSION

            • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.caEnglish
              1·
              3 months ago

              Settle down. You’re on the verge of giving yourself skin failure.

              You’re calling people names. It’s very obviously not “about DISCUSSION” for you right now. Those things are utterly incompatible. You’re presently seeking emotional gratification through abuse. The bizarre choice of “incel” comes across as projection when you talk like that.

              Your previous comment missed the point so widely and smugly, it also fails to engage in meaningful “DISCUSSION”. It’s okay to say something stupid, just try not to be a raging asshole about it.

    • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
      14·
      3 months ago

      If you have a machine that runs Windows and the hardware is still good,

      Linux is often more forgiving on hardware requirements. I recently put Mint (with xfce) on a like 2013 laptop and it’s fine. That’s not even an especially lightweight distribution.

      • Ignotum@lemmy.world
        6·
        3 months ago

        Can confirm, I had a laptop that took multiple minutes to boot and was sluggish as hell, installed linux and after that it booted in 5-10 seconds and felt snappy again

      • CerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        Yes, it is. Mostly what Windows 11 won’t run on is not a matter of the machine’s capability of running the software, it’s more about the hardware security to back Microsoft’s DRM shit.

        Even if Linux Mint isn’t especially lightweight, there’s a Linux distro for just about everybody out there. You could probably find one that runs on 00’s or maybe, possibly, even 90s hardware, it would look like shit, it might look like OSes from back then, but it still could have modern support for whatever you want to tack onto it. I will never underestimate the versatility of Linux and its community.

    • Michal@programming.dev
      5·
      3 months ago

      It’s their AI brand 🤷‍♂️ like Samsung calling their android devices Galaxy, and Apple adding i to everything

      • SaraTonin@lemmy.world
        4·
        3 months ago

        FWIW, the last time Apple released a new product with the prefix “i” was the iPad in 2010. They favour “Apple” now, as in “Apple Watch”, “Apple TV”, and “Apple Vision Pro”.

        They found that you can’t copyright/trademark “i” as a prefix in and of itself. That means that while nobody else can bring out a product called “iPhone” or “iPod”, they absolutely can bring out a product called, say, “iLaptop”. And that’s what people did for all kinds of products, hoping that people would buy them, mistakenly thinking they were Apple products.

        So Apple abandoned it as branding on everything that wasn’t already well-known for that branding.

        Your point is right in spirit, but wrong on that one specific point.

    • Zeon@lemmy.world
      161·
      3 months ago

      No. Avoid this by switching to a free operating system such as Debian. Windows is proprietary, there is no hope for privacy there.

    • FoundFootFootage78@lemmy.mlEnglish
      41·
      3 months ago

      Windows IoT can have compatibility issues with software because they’re not the latest version of Windows (think Debian vs. Arch, but without Debian being the presumed default). Also you can’t get a license for it legally.

      This is all stuff I’ve heard second-hand, but it turned me off Windows IoT. So now I main Linux and have Windows 10 on my old Laptop (AND FFS WINDOWS STOP CHANGING MY FIREWALL SETTINGS).

      • Codilingus@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        3 months ago

        My version numbers on 11 IoT seem to be bleeding edge for core fuctioning. It’s PERFECT for PC gaming, honestly. No Xbox, no gamebar, no AI, no shit getting installed after new updates.

        The no license legally is why I linked massgrave. Permanent hardware activation. If they wont sell the license for the only good current Windows, then fuck them.

      • Lfrith@lemmy.ca
        2·
        3 months ago

        I’ve used windows 11 ltsc with games including ones that use anticheat like Finals and didn’t run into compatibility issues yet.

        Feels like normal Windows experience except no copilot, no Microsoft store, no ads, no preinstalled tiktok/messenger. Just a regular clean Windows install without the need to run debloating scripts. All the ai updates that keep being pushed on regular Windows like paint and notepad aren’t present. Its just normal old paint and normal boring notes.

        Its an experience closer to Windows 7 era before online accounts were integrated into the OS and nagging people to login.

        Of course Linux is the better option.

  • utopiah@lemmy.ml
    81·
    3 months ago

    Reposting from my comment https://lemmy.world/post/37758804/20109240 which I recommend to check, as someone did a test with Dark Souls 1 and IMHO was unsurprisingly disappointing, namely it does recognize the game (honestly, not bad) and get the right boss (which name is literally on screen) and make kind of sometimes useful suggestions. But like… what’s the point? Who would play a game and… NOT know its name? Or not be able to search based on a boss name or a weapon name with existing dedicated good online guides?

    Anyway… if you still want to try yourself WITHOUT relying on Microsoft consider :

    "If someone somehow wants to test this locally I suggest

    • install locally a vision model, e.g. Moondream (which Ollama supports but alternatives too), then
    • take a screenshot of your game,
    • write a prompt like “How can I play this game better”
    • query the vision model with the image and your prompt

    marvel at how pointless and costly the whole setup is and how a basic query on e.g. DuckDuckGo with “game name” + prompt would yield way WAY better results from actual human, uninstall the whole, keep on playing with your actual brain.

    At least now you can say you tried before you complain, rightfully, that it sucks.

    For more check https://fabien.benetou.fr/Content/SelfHostingArtificialIntelligence

    PS: I didn’t actually try this, I’m too lazy for that right how but feel free to report back if you do!

    Edit : 2 potential optimization (despite not being sure it ever makes sense in the first place!)

    • do so automatically, e.g. ~/gaming_screenshots directory (via e.g. Spectacle shortcut) monitored via inotify then notify-send the suggestion, thus stay in game during the whole process
    • fine tune on specific visual datasets, e.g. rely on fextra as mentioned in https://lemmy.world/post/37758804/20113877

    " and again feel free to share back results.

    • Lfrith@lemmy.ca
      6·
      3 months ago

      I think if you uninstall the xbox app gaming copilot goes away. Might just be for the ltsc version though, which comes with a regular game bar and no Xbox app and only gets that ability from the Xbox app.