#Microsoft has put vile LLMs into everything including Notepad & Github: theregister.com/2025/05/23/mic…
Escape this dystopia by switching to #FOSS alternatives:
➡️ @CryptPad - Privacy-friendly online office suite, used by the UN 🇺🇳
➡️ @libreoffice - Most popular free open offline office suite
➡️ @CollaboraOffice - Collaborative online fork of LibreOffice
➡️ @ONLYOFFICE - Online office suite, self-hostable
➡️ @thunderbird@mastodon.online (main) & @thunderbird@tilvids.com (videos) - Email & comms suite (RSS, XMPP, IRC etc)
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Microsoft dumps AI into Notepad as 'Copilot all the things' mania takes hold in Redmond
: A simple text editor that dates back to Windows 1.0 is getting smartifiedRichard Speed (The Register)
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➡️ @Jami - Peer-to-Peer calling, video conferencing & chat
➡️ @nextcloud - Easy-to-use personal clouds, lots of add-ons available such as office tools, chat & calling, photo sharing etc.
➡️ @forgejo - Self-hostable code forge, supported by Codeberg, hard fork from Gitea
➡️ @Codeberg - Large non-profit code forge, running on Forgejo which they maintain
➡️ @Luanti - Free open alternative to Minecraft, highly flexible, mod-friendly, online-friendly
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➡️ If you just want an easy-to-use replacement for Windows, highly recommend @linuxmint
Complete list of Linux distros on Fediverse:
@almalinux
@alpinelinux
@archlinux
@AsteroidOS
@chimera
@edubuntu
@elementary
@fedora
@Feren_OS
@freedomboxfndn
@garuda
@gentoo
@kalilinux
@linuxmint
@LubuntuOfficial
@mobian
@opensuse
@postmarketOS
@rockylinux
@getsolus
@ubports
@ubuntubudgie
@ubuntustudio
@ubuntusway
@UniversalBlue
@yunohost
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