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Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account

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Re: Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account

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Post by Numerlor »

gorjusborg wrote: post #110
Numerlor wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm a dev using Windows, tried Linux multiple times for a couple of months and it always felt like it was getting in my way in daily usage. Dev experience is usually at worst the same as Linux when you use wsl as you don't really need more than the terminal

I honestly have the opposite experience. I am guessing upu either develop on the .net platform or games. Unix-likes are far more productive environments for what I do.

I'm mostly doing server code in Python nowadays.

From what I remember only the c/++ toolchains were a problem on windows but the couple of times I needed them they were either managed by some other build process and ran fine or I could just compile and run in wsl

Re: Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account

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Post by newdee »

Well, better keep a hold of those older Win11 ISOs then.

The only beneficiaries of this are corps who want to ensure that new devices must check-in for AutoPilot enrolment on first boot out-of-box.

In fact, Macs with Apple silicon will require an internet connection on setup, but only after that machine has been online at least once before and has seen that it’s registered to business (handled by a firmware flag).

Re: Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account

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Post by anal_reactor »

0xdeafbeef wrote: post #158
anal_reactor wrote: post #153

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1. MS Office doesn't work on Linux, and for many people it's a hard requirement that they specifically need it. 2. Once a month I have a task of checking 100k images for duplicates. Strangely, the only app that actually works is VisiPics from 2013. It does something smarter than just binary comparison, it works very fast. I guess I'll be running a Windows VM forever just for this one app, unless someone explains to m…

Have you tried https://github.com/qarmin/czkawka ?

1. Can it detect duplicates that have different resolution and compression?

2. Does it work in linear time, or square?

Re: Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account

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Post by Krasnol »

caseyy wrote: post #90
Krasnol wrote: post #64

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The sad thing is that they're being respected for that in their circles. There is no need for shame. They're proud of themselves. They don't talk to people who feel the cringe, and I guess them subconsciously knowing is a reason why they don't talk to people further below them. Of course, those most successful are just numb due to specific psychological deviations from the academic norm.

I’d imagine their actions are socially isolating.

You think that matters for them if they have each other and hordes of bootlickers?

Re: Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account

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Post by int_19h »

wtallis wrote: post #143
int_19h wrote: post #140

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It has been unsupported since the last major Win11 update.

It has been "unsupported" in the sense of "Microsoft doesn't approve of that behavior and won't help you accomplish that goal" since before Windows 11. It is not yet "unsupported" in the sense of "Microsoft has made it entirely impossible"; every year or two they make it incrementally harder, but they have yet to close off all of the workarounds, and even this change may still leave a workaround.

I would consider it supported when the installer lets you do install without Internet connection, without mucking around with registry etc.

Re: Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account

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Post by Jensson »

EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK wrote: post #150
colordrops wrote: post #126

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Maybe governmenral apparatuses are pushing them to add this so they can track more people, especially the types that don't want to be tracked.

governmenral apparatuses use Windows mostly. So they are making it easier for the enemy governments to hack them.

That goes for many other governments, and since Microsoft is American you can see which direction this favors.

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Post by inetknght »

bigstrat2003 wrote: post #145
soraminazuki wrote: post #131

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These companies don't deserve the benefit of doubt. Not after spending decades consistently screwing over users.

The quality of mercy is not strained, etc. They may not deserve the benefit of the doubt, but it is still virtuous to give it to them. If anything, them not deserving it makes it all the more virtuous to give the benefit of the doubt.

"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."

I don't think it's virtuous be be the fool.

Re: Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account

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Post by WD-42 »

anal_reactor wrote: post #153
WD-42 wrote: post #52

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I'm with you. The very few games I play work great on Linux. As a professional dev, there's absolutely no reason to choose Windows (or any OS, for that matter) over Desktop Linux at this point. I'm convinced Windows is mainly for people that buy computers at Best Buy and corporate IT that are unfortunately funneled into the ecosystem (hats off salute to all you).

1. MS Office doesn't work on Linux, and for many people it's a hard requirement that they specifically need it. 2. Once a month I have a task of checking 100k images for duplicates. Strangely, the only app that actually works is VisiPics from 2013. It does something smarter than just binary comparison, it works very fast. I guess I'll be running a Windows VM forever just for this one app, unless someone explains to m…

You could try running it with wine.
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