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Unofficial Windows 11 requirements bypass tool allows disabling all AI features

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Re: Unofficial Windows 11 requirements bypass tool allows disabling all AI features

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Post by Krutonium »

cookiengineer wrote: post #44
999900000999 wrote: post #40

Ubuntu. Fedora. Arch. Open Suse . Pick one, stop trying to make Windows look like a decent os. My local Windows install just gave up. I'm very close to trying Windows 11 in a VM on top of Fedora or whatever, can't really do that on my 16gb ram value laptop though. If Maschine offered official Linux support, that's what I make music with, I'd be 100% Windows free.

Pick KDE if you want the same integrated experience. The Desktop on Linux has come pretty far already and most of the complaints are from people that made the wrong choice for their UX. Sometimes setting up a WINE environment is worth it, but I'd argue that as long ss you still need to use the CLI to create environments, it's not there yet. Proton has been amazing for better support. Also, don't pick Arch when you co…

>Sometimes setting up a WINE environment is worth it, but I'd argue that as long ss you still need to use the CLI to create environments, it's not there yet. Proton has been amazing for better support.

Go grab an installation of Bottles and prepare to be amazed.

Re: Unofficial Windows 11 requirements bypass tool allows disabling all AI features

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Post by qwezxcrty »

theoreticalmal wrote: post #136
dvfjsdhgfv wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was thinking a lot about it as I don't want to put anything illegal on my computer. OTOH, the only way to buy an older version (in my case, Office 2016 for Mac) is to use a reseller. I try to do a research, I try to find a reputable one, I receive an invoice, I install and active the software, it works, but in the end it's as you say - there is no certainty at all. But in the end I'm fine with that. First, the vend…

I mean this in the nicest possible way: why do you care so much about not putting something illegal on your computer?

Just morally I feel like MS do deserve to be compensated for me using what they developed, unless there is really no way to make it happen.

Re: Unofficial Windows 11 requirements bypass tool allows disabling all AI features

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Post by linhns »

sneak wrote: post #93
picafrost wrote: post #20

There is something so fundamentally gross about Microsoft's vision of what role an operating system should serve. That there is an aftermarket of software that attempts to disable (but cannot remove!) the invasive dark patterns is alarming enough, but Microsoft may simply just... undo that, with the next unstoppable update. Then again, this is the company that answered complaints about Windows being bad for developme…

…except for the inconvenient fact that Windows is the most developed-for (and thus developed-on) desktop OS in the world. Linux is catching up (mostly in gaming) but nothing comes close to the amount of engineer-hours poured into building Windows desktop apps.

True. And it’s baffling to see the flak it gets on here

Re: Unofficial Windows 11 requirements bypass tool allows disabling all AI features

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Post by fsflover »

delta_p_delta_x wrote: post #106

Windows is technically very interesting. It offers a very different approach to operating systems compared to the UNIX-like competition. I genuinely like it because unlike Linux, it's quite nice to develop desktop applications for, because the vendor supports everything. It's such a pity that said vendor is a giant American megacorp that decided to throw all that in the bin and stuff Windows with ad-infested light We…

You may be interested in ReactOS.

Re: Unofficial Windows 11 requirements bypass tool allows disabling all AI features

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Post by mmis1000 »

userbinator wrote: post #33
xeonmc wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

mas is on github too

Microsoft would probably rather you pirate Windows (and ideally keep sending them telemetry and other data) than use Linux: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38295819

It will probably actually cause them less problem then a system that never update though. Remember Wannacry? Those pirated system with windows update completely disabled?

Re: Unofficial Windows 11 requirements bypass tool allows disabling all AI features

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Post by jmclnx »

sneak wrote: post #93
picafrost wrote: post #20

There is something so fundamentally gross about Microsoft's vision of what role an operating system should serve. That there is an aftermarket of software that attempts to disable (but cannot remove!) the invasive dark patterns is alarming enough, but Microsoft may simply just... undo that, with the next unstoppable update. Then again, this is the company that answered complaints about Windows being bad for developme…

…except for the inconvenient fact that Windows is the most developed-for (and thus developed-on) desktop OS in the world. Linux is catching up (mostly in gaming) but nothing comes close to the amount of engineer-hours poured into building Windows desktop apps.

I have no opinion on Windows Apps, but as a Developer, Windows Applications gives me nothing that is better than what Linux has. In fact, for development Linux (or BSD) is what developers should use.

In fact, I was trying to convince developers at work (fortune 500 company) to move from Windows to Linux for a long time, only 1 person moved.

For a bit of cruel fun, have a Finance person use Libreoffice scalc instead of Excel. Doing that is probably the worse thing you can do to a Finance person, I think after a few days of that, they will end up in ICU.

FWIW, we were allowed to use RHEL, Fedora or Ubuntu on our workstations instead of Windows.

Re: Unofficial Windows 11 requirements bypass tool allows disabling all AI features

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Post by jmclnx »

999900000999 wrote: post #40

Ubuntu. Fedora. Arch. Open Suse . Pick one, stop trying to make Windows look like a decent os. My local Windows install just gave up. I'm very close to trying Windows 11 in a VM on top of Fedora or whatever, can't really do that on my 16gb ram value laptop though. If Maschine offered official Linux support, that's what I make music with, I'd be 100% Windows free.

You forgot Slackware :)

Re: Unofficial Windows 11 requirements bypass tool allows disabling all AI features

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Post by t0bia_s »

xandrius wrote: post #52
vivzkestrel wrote: post #24

Microsoft should create a new windows option in addition to Home, Professional and Pro and call this one "Windows OPTIMAL" They can price this 3x if they want but it has 0 bloatware, 0 telemetry or atleast everything can be disabled at the time of installation. It is literally windows designed from the ground up for maximum performance, runs as smooth as windows 7 or xp used to back in the good old days

Already exists, just not to the normies. IoT LTSC. Works like a charm and no bloat.

LTSC Enterprise IoT. Using this for workstation for years.

Creating bootable install disc via Rufus gives you an options to set up offline account, skip secure boot requirements, skip privacy options, etc., Installation is then a matter of few clicks.

Re: Unofficial Windows 11 requirements bypass tool allows disabling all AI features

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Post by t0bia_s »

999900000999 wrote: post #40

Ubuntu. Fedora. Arch. Open Suse . Pick one, stop trying to make Windows look like a decent os. My local Windows install just gave up. I'm very close to trying Windows 11 in a VM on top of Fedora or whatever, can't really do that on my 16gb ram value laptop though. If Maschine offered official Linux support, that's what I make music with, I'd be 100% Windows free.

Now try be windows free when you need Adobe software for living... Impossible.
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