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Windows Copilot's is showing third-party Ads to Windows users (www.ghacks.net)
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[–] the_q@lemmy.world 51 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Now is a great time to give Linux a shot. I recommend Pop! OS.

[–] mofongo@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Does pop os also have a copilot?

[–] Massada42@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No. However, it also lacks ads.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 years ago

Double bonus!

[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You really, really don't need an AI assistant for regular computer usage. It's a solution in search of a problem.

There are genuinely good reasons to use GitHub Copilot if you're a developer, but otherwise, I think they're way more trouble than they're worth.

[–] mofongo@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

I mean I could see myself giving copilot some prompts when doing office stuff, like styling and formatting.

This should really simplify office usage especially for people who only use it sparingly and then don’t remember every function.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No Linux distro has, as M$ hasn't made their AIs open source. But there are people working on open source alternatives.

[–] mofongo@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ok that sounds awesome do you know any open source copilot projects by chance?

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] mofongo@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Thx for the suggestions! I’ll check them out

[–] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Theres paid ai .. like this

https://github.com/KillianLucas/open-interpreter

Give commands to chatgpt in the the terminal. Then it executes it. It can generate files, etc as well. Using python iirc.

[–] mofongo@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Looks really cool! Thanks for the suggestion

[–] Jocker@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

No, YOU stay with windows.