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No account? No Windows 11 for you, says Microsoft (www.theregister.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I only use windows for gaming. If Windows somehow fucks it up so much that I can play the majority of games in Linux on Steam, then I no longer have a use for them. I don't use windows for work, and all of my normal computer use cases Linux is fully capable of, I'll basically be forced over to Ubunutu or something, with a cracked Win11 VM for new games that don't have linux releases.

I suppose linux graphic drivers and performance are still an issue, but that will surely only get better, especially as the windows desktop segment of GPU sales dries up.

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[–] dragospirvu75@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

Another big reason to switch to GNU/Linux.

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

Even at my workplace I asked HR for permission to switch the office desktop to GNU+Linux. They required the installation of a few ~~malware~~ spyware but otherwise didn't mind.

I have been using GNU+Linux on and off since 2007 only using Windows when needed to. Now I'm fully Windows-free and intend to keep it this way.

[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

OOBE doesn't sounds too much OOBE to me...

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[–] tomjuggler@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

The great windows 10 shutdown is coming in a couple of weeks and I still haven't upgraded my wife's laptop! The main holdup is backing up, it turns out that hibernation need to be disabled in Windows 10 to do a proper backup, otherwise there is some sort of encryption on the backup. I wasted 2 days on this already copying 500GB just in case upgrade fails.

Upgrading to mint of course!

[–] hzl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

If you do end up needing some time, check out 0patch. They're continuing security updates for Windows 10 and you can do a one month trial for free.

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[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

*install windows not use windows; regular local accounts can still be created afterwords.

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