Microsoft has Copilot Plus PCs loaded with AI, and rumors are that Apple is all in on AI, too, but if you don't want AI in everything you do, there is another option: Linux.
I recently moved a light-used laptop to Kubuntu (after Debian bookworm would hang with hardware messages). I remember KDE being a, uh, ugly clunky power-hungry piece of shit, frankly, but today it’s none of those things (well maybe it could use a touch more polish, but it’s far less clunky). I quite like it, even.
I chose it over Mint because Mint’s Debian edition doesn’t let you (via gui) install it with btrfs + fde, which is fucking stupid, and I didn’t want to dive into hours-long tutorials. So Kubu it is.
(I use Debian for servers and I’ve been the most familiar with it, also getting the WWAN fcc unlock setup on Fedora was an exercise in futility so fuck it)
I recently moved a light-used laptop to Kubuntu (after Debian bookworm would hang with hardware messages). I remember KDE being a, uh, ugly clunky power-hungry piece of shit, frankly, but today it’s none of those things (well maybe it could use a touch more polish, but it’s far less clunky). I quite like it, even.
I chose it over Mint because Mint’s Debian edition doesn’t let you (via gui) install it with btrfs + fde, which is fucking stupid, and I didn’t want to dive into hours-long tutorials. So Kubu it is.
(I use Debian for servers and I’ve been the most familiar with it, also getting the WWAN fcc unlock setup on Fedora was an exercise in futility so fuck it)