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Windows 11 Pro will soon require a Microsoft Account during initial setup

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Re: Windows 11 Pro will soon require a Microsoft Account during initial setup

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Post by larrik »

causi wrote: post #26
larrik wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here's one: Linux is better. A lot better. If you are worried about gaming or other apps, Win7 won't be much better than Linux (won't have latest DirectX or anything), and may end up far worse by then.

I've dual-booted Linux for many years now but I can never get fully comfortable. I always get the creeping sensation that there's too many layers between what I'm seeing and what the computer is doing, like some button will just stop working and there's no way for me to ever figure out why, or I'll hit some truly baffling design choice and the only way to change it is to throw out my whole configuration and use a dif…

I feel that way after being on OSX for a year. At least on Linux you can access the magical underpinnings. OSX and Windows have all the same problems to me and far less ability to fix them.

Re: Windows 11 Pro will soon require a Microsoft Account during initial setup

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Post by larrik »

grishka wrote: post #34
larrik wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here's one: Linux is better. A lot better. If you are worried about gaming or other apps, Win7 won't be much better than Linux (won't have latest DirectX or anything), and may end up far worse by then.

Desktop linux is as much of an incoherent, barely working mess as it has always been.

I strongly disagree.

Re: Windows 11 Pro will soon require a Microsoft Account during initial setup

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Post by Melatonic »

TillE wrote: post #29
nickdurfe wrote: post #6

I believe you can still choose the domain join option during install and still create a local account

Are there any simple domain server emulators out there which I could just run on a Raspberry Pi or whatever, like the fake KMS servers? That would be a decent workaround.

A fake local KMS server has been the way most activation hacks have worked for years actually

If you want to get creative you can run your own KMS server and anyone who connects to your local network can now be assigned whatever microsoft license you want. You don't even need to fake it or use the hacked version - just run a real one and get a bunch of edu licenses for whatever products you want to activate for whoever connects to your local network.

Re: Windows 11 Pro will soon require a Microsoft Account during initial setup

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Post by MH15 »

larrik wrote: post #17
theyeenzbeanz wrote: post #5

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Games may have gotten better on Linux, but that’s not the case with some programs. Usually riddled with obnoxious DRM that throws a fit in a VM or wine like program. That and nvidia woes are the only thing stopping me from using Linux.

The only thing stopping me from using Linux at this point is piss-poor 4k support, combined with the crap market for building your own PC (thanks Bitcoin!) I just couldn't beat the m1 Air for price/performance last year.

Yeah I was -this close- to buying the Framework laptop when my 2017 MBP died (I'm not gentle with my electronics) but I needed a laptop soon and the M1 Air was ~200 cheaper than the Framework would have been. It's the best computer I've ever owned hands down. I do wish I got the Framework for Linux but I can work fine in macos.

Re: Windows 11 Pro will soon require a Microsoft Account during initial setup

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Post by flibbityflob »

alanwreath wrote: post #32

Wishes: Microsoft just buy a linux distro. Bless it, so MS Apps only run on Windows. Make it free for home installs and remove these cloud login shenanigans. Friggin' keep charging Amazon and GCP for running it virtually (unless you actually want mindshare). I'd totally flock to Windows (and its paid services). I guess I just don't see why an operating system is still their cash cow. Feels like the stupid that is: bu…

Microsoft has a(t least one) Linux Distro: CBL-Mariner [1]. Not a desktop offering, obviously, but I felt like it was worth pointing out.

[1] https://github.com/microsoft/CBL-Mariner

Re: Windows 11 Pro will soon require a Microsoft Account during initial setup

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Post by gjvc »

fortyseven wrote: post #33
Melatonic wrote: post #28

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Might be a good time to take some affordable evening classes at your local community college wink wink nudge nudge

What a shitty thing to say to someone.

I'd love to do some electrician qualifications at the local community college.

Re: Windows 11 Pro will soon require a Microsoft Account during initial setup

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Post by grishka »

larrik wrote: post #42
grishka wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Desktop linux is as much of an incoherent, barely working mess as it has always been.

I strongly disagree.

https://itvision.altervista.org/why.linux.is.not.ready.for.t...

Re: Windows 11 Pro will soon require a Microsoft Account during initial setup

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Post by Melatonic »

stuckinhell wrote: post #10

Yikes, I don't like that at all. These days I only use windows for games, otherwise I'm mostly mac or linux. I guess I should learn how to develop unity games on linux sooner rather than later.

At this point a lot of the times microsoft will just keep updating the OS anyways even if you never activate it - I guess it is not worth the potential blowback to leave machines unpatched? There will be a small watermark in the corner and they do lock you out of some settings

Re: Windows 11 Pro will soon require a Microsoft Account during initial setup

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Post by fortyseven »

grishka wrote: post #34
larrik wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here's one: Linux is better. A lot better. If you are worried about gaming or other apps, Win7 won't be much better than Linux (won't have latest DirectX or anything), and may end up far worse by then.

Desktop linux is as much of an incoherent, barely working mess as it has always been.

You couldn't be more wrong. I made the leap to Ubuntu 20.04 late last year and haven't regretted it. This after a quarter decade of being a Windows guy. There's a couple rough edges, but overall? I'm home.
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