Windows 11’s Notepad continues to get Copilot-powered AI features – a handy addition to a tool whose main appeal has always been simplicity and minimalism. Not all users are happy, however, with some saying AI features are overkill.
Microsoft forces AI into Notepad, users say, “Leave it alone”
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linkinkampf19@lemmy.world · 105 pts · 255d
Yet another reason I've made NotePad++ my go-to editor. Better for all the crashlogs and stuff I mess with.
TriangleSpecialist@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 255d
Damn, notepad++... I remember feeling so sad that there wasn't a Linux version back when I ditched Windows.
Baffles me that this did not get a wildly successful native Linux version in all those years, but it's probably too late now with VSCode and all the NeoVim fans.
Vittelius@feddit.org · 14 pts · 255d
For Linux there's Notepadqq
https://notepadqq.com/s/
TriangleSpecialist@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 254d
Is there? Releases span between 2017 and 2019, the last of which is a beta, and it is largely unmaintained, with most of the contributions after that being "readme updates" and the odd typo/mistranslation.Wouldn't call that a wildly successful Linux version of notepad++.EDIT: reading this again, I don't know why I sound so needlessly angry, it wasn't my intention.
I meant to say this does not sound like a viable alternative from a glance. But if you used it and it's good I am happy to be proven wrong.
thatonecoder@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 255d
Geany might be your thing.
kautau@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 255d
Or Kate, which funny enough now runs on windows
kadu@scribe.disroot.org · 12 pts · 255d
Many KDE apps run on Windows. Okular is the best PDF viewer for the entire platform.
TriangleSpecialist@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 254d
You used to be able to use KDE in windows back in the day even. Lost my shit first time I saw that on a colleague's laptop.
kautau@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 248d
The virtue of QT based toolkits, which thankfully they haven’t tried to shaft KDE on, as long as the project is open source
TriangleSpecialist@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 255d
Thanks for the recommendation. I did have a short stint with Geany back then, but this was nearly two decades ago now, I have since moved on.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 254d
From the Notepad++ home page:
Trying to port it to other platforms is thus nonsensical. It would have to be a ground-up rewrite without the Windows API dependency. And there are indeed various other projects for Linux and other platforms that pretty much replicate its functionality, but they're by definition not going to be Notepad++.
NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 253d
KDE's Kate can be configured for similar functionality akin to NotePad++
rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 253d
I've found that the basic editors are all good. Mouse, Gedit, Kate, they all work wonderfully
TriangleSpecialist@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 253d
They've come a long way in 20 years for sure.
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 253d
Yes. NeoVim has no business being as good as a drop-in replacement for Notepad, as it is (for people who want that, anyway.)
Even VSCode isn't half bad at a quick load, now - as long as it isn't loading too many plugins.
NotePad++ is still pretty great, by any measure, though. (Edit: But not good enough to load Windows for, to me.)
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 54 pts · 254d
The whole purpose of Notepad is to open up a text file QUICKLY. Who the fuck cares about AI in this thing?
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 253d
I assume their team is called something like "strategic data partnerships for targeted ad delivery".
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 253d
Every word is more disgusting than the previous in that title. Ew. Lol
HopeOfTheGunblade@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 37 pts · 254d
You can leave at any time. You don't have to be in an abusive relationship with your operating system.
Nalivai@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 253d
Microsoft seem to have very tight grip on the corporate world. It's getting better, but still.
I left a company once because they started switching to Microsoft infrastructure and that just got miserable. But I'm a privileged in that regard, a lot of people can't do that
falseWhite@lemmy.world · -12 pts · 254d
Pondis@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 254d
Oh yeah, it's really not hard. Or so I have heard. From a friend.
falseWhite@lemmy.world · -6 pts · 254d
DupaCycki@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 254d
I had a dream where somebody pirated windows games on Linux and just played them through wine/proton. Just like... you know, legally purchased copies.
Of course, as an upstanding citizen I haven't tried this in real life.
falseWhite@lemmy.world · -10 pts · 254d
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 253d
Neither Wine or Proton require running Windows. They're compatibility layers which allow Linux to operate software intended for Windows.
You may be thinking about when someone emulates a full virtual Windows machine within Linux, which is more resource-intensive. The overhead and performance impact of a compatibility layer like Wine or Proton is generally negligible compared to running such a VM.
Jankatarch@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 253d
Wine is not an emulator. It *translates* windows code to linux at runtime. Bazzite wouldn't beat windows at so many benchmarks if it was a virtual machine.
Also I wouldn't know but if you are looking for where to potentially find native linux binaries for games that support it, you should probably go ask that question on totally unrelated counter strike forums
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 253d
You seem to really want this to not work, but I suggest actually looking into how far gaming on Linux has come. Proton is actual magic.
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 254d
Running most Windows games on Linux is easy nowadays, regardless of how you acquired them.
Jankatarch@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 253d
Idk if you got it from the source directly inatead of websites that just reupload with malware, you would see linux versions BEFORE windows.
cepelinas@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 254d
Every windows site and maybe zamunda? I think that's what he meant?
Pondis@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 253d
Look up Heroic or Lutris, both run Windows games in Linux
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 253d
Proton. You run the Windows version sometimes it runs better than it does on Windows
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 253d
If this is sarcasm, you might want to tag it as such, before half the Linux community shows up to give pointers.
I, myself, have never pirated anything, obviously.
But I heard from a friend that it can be pretty great, even on Linux.
falseWhite@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 253d
Whitebrow@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 254d
More efficiently without all the bloatware?
falseWhite@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 254d
Rooty@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 253d
I mostly download ROMs for old Nintendo and Sony consoles, if for some reason I get a hankering for a modern title I'll purchase it on my steam account which I run on my Ubuntu laptop.
gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 253d
It's easier
alias_qr_rainmaker@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 255d
ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com · 5 pts · 255d
Ah, the Centurion package.
normonator@lemmy.ml · 27 pts · 255d
It was already ruined when they modernized it. Now they are just pissing on it's corpse.
artyom@piefed.social · 20 pts · 255d
[Citation needed]
laranis@lemmy.zip · 18 pts · 254d
No user said, "Leave it alone." Not a single one. Universally from the office, to the classroom, to the monastery, every single person said, "Leave it the fuck alone."
Zulu@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 255d
Uninstall new notepad.
Install Notepad (classic).
Ezpz. Although i wonder how long that'll last. My manager got upset i wasnt using the new notepad because of its features.
I explained np++ is for things that last more than a day. Notepad classic is for thoughts i dont care about when i shut down.
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 253d
Dang. They sound un-fun.
Zulu@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 253d
They also are against using mspaint as a clipping/editing tool (for very basic things mind you so there's no reason anything more than mspaint is needed)
And i wont take blashpemy against mspaint. Hes not a very fun guy indeed lol.
Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 254d
I want Microsoft to add AI to my ass. Imagine what you could do with all the data coming out my butt MS. Hurry up and start working on it, openAI is already working on pushing AI to our balls.
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 253d
I'm sure we will get some AI crammed into a toilet stool health camera, someday soon.
ArtVandelay@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 253d
um...https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/end-to-end-encrypted-smart-toilet-camera-is-not-actually-end-to-end-encrypted/
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 251d
Wow. Alright, then. Haha.
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 255d
Copilot has been in Notepad, though. It can be disabled in Settings. I also disabled Markdown — I don't need it. I just use Notepad as like a scratch pad, it's a bit more versatile than Sticky Notes (which I also use).
Egonallanon@feddit.uk · 11 pts · 255d
Want a simple text editor with no AI nonsense on windows? Oddly Microsoft has you covered: https://github.com/microsoft/edit
thisbenzingring@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 255d
fuck that, Nano For Life!
tym@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 254d
melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 255d
If I am writing my thoughts down onto a notepad document why would I need an interloper?
sylver_dragon@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 255d
Who else is going to helpfully delete your entire D drive for you?
Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 254d
I just decided to leave Microsoft alone 20 years ago.
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 253d
Second best time is today!
TemporaryPrimate@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 253d
Self-employed?
Nalivai@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 253d
Plenty of jobs don't need to have Microsoft involved. Hell, plenty of computer-based jobs don't need Microsoft at all, and will be done worse with their products around
JargonWagon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 253d
How would you get around not using Teams for a Teams meeting?
Vraylle@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 253d
Don't know about anyone else, but I just use the web version of Teams.
Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 253d
So... Microsoft is involved
Vraylle@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 253d
Yes, but then so is any visit to a website using Azure. But at least I don't have to install any MS software.
Nalivai@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 253d
You don't have teams meetings. There are alternatives that don't require you to lock in in their infrastructure.
JargonWagon@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 253d
I'm aware, but if my boss is requiring me to join a Teams meeting, I'm not in much of a position to impose on him and others being requested to join the meeting, sometimes in the dozens and hundreds, to have the meeting over a different program instead.
Nalivai@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 252d
And yet, it's not a universal experience, even though you have one
Quill7513@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 253d
i have never once used windows at work (professional programmer)
altphoto@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 254d
I really want AI in my.....
ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one · 4 pts · 253d
You want AI in your penis? Kid? Wife?
hodgepodgin@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 253d
BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 253d
On a website which has AI slop wondering what's wrong with AI unenthusiasts. Guess the picture is just icing on the get-that-icky-AI-drool-off-of-me cake
morphballganon@mtgzone.com · 4 pts · 253d
Guess I'll just keep using old versions lol
vxx@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 253d
Notepad ++
It's not an old Version but what windows notepad shouldve been twenty years ago
JargonWagon@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 253d
FAVORITE NOTEPAD++ PLUGIN - GO!
I like Compare and JSON Parser - use them everyday.
rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 253d
I'm a big fan of the hex editor plugin, but mostly because I like playing with hex
morphballganon@mtgzone.com · 1 pts · 253d
Yeah, I've used it. If I'm editing code I use Visual Studio since Unity opens scripts in that. If I'm just looking at text I want my editor as simple as possible.
gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 253d
Join Team Linux!
morphballganon@mtgzone.com · 1 pts · 253d
I have a machine with Ubuntu. Most of my hobby stuff is on W7/W10 machines. My familiarity with Windows commands far exceeds my familiarity with Linux commands.
gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 253d
Then you can learn
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 253d
I hope they put AI into my sneakers, lightbulbs, clocks...every fucking thing that doesn't need it.
BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 253d
I want AI powered toilet paper, so that I can wipe my ass with global warming... Nothing says fuck you nature as much as going out of your way to make its destruction even more humiliatingly pointless.
What's wrong with people
SethTaylor@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 253d
I'm speechless. Notepad was essentially the last thing left pure.
Machinist@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 253d
Due to CAD/CAM and the nature of my industry, I'm stuck with windows on my daily driver for the foreseeable future. (Been using Linux since Ubuntu was new, have multiple servers and old chromebooks running different flavors.)
I've been putting off dealing with this. Goatfucking bullshit pain in my dick.
Can I pretty please get recommendations on upgrading to 11 and unfucking it as much as possible?
polle@feddit.org · 2 pts · 253d
I recommend you getting a second pc with an gpu and install linux on your main one. Then get moonlight and connect to the windows one with it. Its a in-house streaming solution like this cloud gaming stuff. But also for just for normal usage. Like remote desktop but actually so fast you forget that its remote. Thats what iam doing for these big windows only software situations.
Machinist@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 252d
I'm not willing to spend the money it would cost to duplicate my rig right now. That also throws the same problem on a different machine.
I'm just going to have to neuter the installation I have after an upgrade. I need to figure out if there is anything I should do to it while it's still on 10.
rami@ani.social · 2 pts · 255d
Quick! Someone tell me why I shouldn't be using Sublime!
TriangleSpecialist@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 254d
Because it's proprietary.
hateisreality@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 255d
Linux is now idiot proof
Agent641@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 255d
Forgive him O lord for he knows not what he says.
hateisreality@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 254d
Hahahaha...and I just broke it...am I the best idiot?
JigglySackles@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 254d
If being around end users has taught me anything, it's that idiots will ALWAYS find a way to out-stupid the previous record holder. So even if you are the best idiot, someone is working on claiming your crown this very moment.
tym@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 254d
Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 254d
Greddan@feddit.org · 1 pts · 253d
TalkingFlower@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 254d
discocactus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 253d
Huh. That's my line I guess.