Seriously, join us over in the Linux desktop scene. I use Manjaro XFCE on my dinky little laptop (8GB RAM, 256GB NVME, 4core i3) and it works flawlessly. MX Linux for a solid debian desktop. Lubuntu for a lightweight Ubuntu install. Install 'Tilda' for a drop-down Quake style terminal.

Explore different Linux distros in a VM.

There's a reason Recall can't be turned off. There's a reason they made logins be tied to online accounts.

Don't let Linux be a turn off, KDE and desktop environments are fun to play with and get 'just right.' You don't need to live in a terminal editing configs anymore, but ..you can. You can customize everything and that's why it's so amazing. It's _YOURS_ - better than Microsoft turning on some weird AI that recalls _EVERYTHING_ you've ever done on your computer.

Shay-Dee.

I wish Microsoft employees would learn what consent was. I really do.

If this somehow installs without my consent by accident or a different bug, it’s going to be the year of Linux desktop in my house, and fast.

[dupe]

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41430757

I'm sure we'll have a github repo with a disable script appear soon, or it will be rolled into the debloat powershell scripts floating around, e.g. `winutil.ps1`

I don't expect to be able to uninstall it, but can it be disabled? If it cannot, windows is done for me, I wouldn't feel comfortable doing anything on that PC

I foresee a massive class action in the future.