yeah so microsoft just fucking lied about not forcing copilot, cos of course they did https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-10-gets-copilot-as-part-of-mandatory-update
Windows 10 gets Copilot as part of mandatory update — turns AI widget into a full-fledged app on the taskbar

Microsoft is turning Copilot from a widget into an app.

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@davidgerard

I only use my desktop for gaming, it’s on windows 10. I am now determined to switch to Linux…..can anyone recommend best version for gaming on a Ryzen 5 build? Will be building a new rig at some point when I can afford it but for now this will have to do 😭

@JaxVent @davidgerard AMD stuff is well supported out of the box on linux because there are open source drivers. https://ubuntucinnamon.org/ is a good bet, it's just ubuntu with some different defaults. You can try a dry run installing it in https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads to get a little more comfortable.
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