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.
Yet another reason I’ve made NotePad++ my go-to editor. Better for all the crashlogs and stuff I mess with.
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.
For Linux there’s Notepadqq
Geany might be your thing.
Or Kate, which funny enough now runs on windows
Many KDE apps run on Windows. Okular is the best PDF viewer for the entire platform.
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.
It was already ruined when they modernized it. Now they are just pissing on it’s corpse.
Linux is now idiot proof
Forgive him O lord for he knows not what he says.
Hahahaha…and I just broke it…am I the best idiot?
oh god i know what they’re planning…they’re going to force AI slop into the base model and charge you extra to move up to premium, where it’s just a regular fucking text editor, lmao
Ah, the Centurion package.
a handy addition
[Citation needed]
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.
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).
Want a simple text editor with no AI nonsense on windows? Oddly Microsoft has you covered: https://github.com/microsoft/edit
Quick! Someone tell me why I shouldn’t be using Sublime!
If I am writing my thoughts down onto a notepad document why would I need an interloper?
Who else is going to helpfully delete your entire D drive for you?
