#Microsoft has put vile LLMs into everything including Notepad & Github: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/23/microsoft_ai_notepad

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#Microsoft has put vile LLMs into everything including Notepad & Github: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/23/microsoft_ai_notepad

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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#FOSS alternatives to #Microsoft (continued)

️ @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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#FOSS alternatives to #Microsoft (cont)

️ 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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