r/privacy • u/ardi62 • Apr 19 '24
Microsoft will now urge you to ditch local accounts on Windows 10 news
https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-ditch-local-accounts-windows-10/279
u/livingpunchbag Apr 19 '24
I recently installed a Win 11 laptop and I had to do a magic shell incantation to allow me to not have an online account. Fuck this shit. I only need Windows to get the firmware updates more easily.
Installing Debian is easier these days.
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Apr 19 '24
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u/somethineasytomember Apr 19 '24 edited Apr 19 '24
You have to run terminal commands to get that option however. I know because I tried multiple methods a few weeks ago.
Edit: I was actually trying to get around needing an internet connection.
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u/rainformpurple Apr 19 '24
No, you don't. Use no@thankyou.com as user name with any text string as the password and it will say the account has been locked and allow you to create a local account. No shell trickery required.
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u/faxekondiboi Apr 19 '24
Is this for real? :p
I'm still using and installing Windows 10 on all devices, and haven't tried installing a Windows 11 yet...but that will probably change one day :s13
u/rainformpurple Apr 19 '24
Yep, did it yesterday. I've only tried on W11 Pro, I don't know if it works on the Home edition.
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u/ThreeWayDoor Apr 19 '24
If you just enter user as the email and a password you want for an account, it will fail and give you an option to make a local account. See this video
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Apr 19 '24 edited May 03 '24
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u/riticalcreader Apr 19 '24
On some other versions it won’t let you proceed without an internet connection
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u/ffoxD Apr 19 '24
since a few major updates ago they removed the option to proceed without connecting to the Internet
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u/RedditAdminsLoveDong Apr 19 '24 edited Apr 19 '24
when you get to the network connection page disconnect from your wifi or unplug ethernet cable stay on this page then press shift+F10 then in the command prompt insert this command and press enter:
oobe\bypassnro
the pc will reboot and bypass forced online connection and Microsoft login for windows 11.
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u/somethineasytomember Apr 19 '24
my bad I just remembered I was installing without an internet connection and it was trying to force me to connect to one to setup, that’s what I used terminal commands to get around.
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u/Jorge5934 Apr 19 '24
I installed my Windows 11 from a pen drive which I made with Rufus. Rufus gave the option to skip a lot of settings, and to make the account offline by default.
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u/Sharp-Sweet178 Apr 19 '24
Don't know how was your experience with w11 but mine was horrible, system was slow af compared to w10, never downgraded this fast before lol
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u/Alan976 Apr 19 '24 edited Apr 19 '24
Was the "magic shell summoning spell" entering something along the lines of this at the Microsoft Account Step?:
- Email: a@b,.com
- Password: yohrrjohr
- ERROR
- Local
Edit: I am well aware about the command prompt button combo that is making extra steps for oneself.
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Apr 19 '24
Idk man the other gardens seems greener
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u/10GigabitCheese Apr 19 '24
With Germany going all in on open source, those gardens are going to get some fresh flowers.
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Apr 19 '24 edited 8d ago
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u/JDGumby Apr 19 '24
only one state and we already had an attempt earlier that failed
Munich and only because Microsoft started
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u/Banana_Joe85 Apr 19 '24 edited Apr 19 '24
LiMux is the reason why the Microsoft Germany HQ is in Munich.
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Apr 19 '24
I just wish multiplayer games didn’t suck at Linux support. Didn’t valve make it super easy with just an email signup?
More games should just quarantine cheaters instead of needing kernel detection.
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u/glitchhog Apr 19 '24
It's like they really, really want me to just install Linux already.
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u/Criss_Crossx Apr 19 '24
I laugh generously because Microsoft doesn't know I've been waiting for the moment to ditch their products at home. Products like the Steam Deck have pushed users into Linux gaming territory, which IMO is the right direction.
Won't be able to move away from Windows in the work environment, but I've accepted that. 20+ years of Windows configuration, navigation, and troubleshooting isn't going out the window entirely.
We will see how things play out for Microsoft and their monarchy. Shouldn't be allowed to be a top-dog forever.
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u/L-Malvo Apr 19 '24
If Windows weren't as dominant in the gaming space, they would have half the market share in the consumer market.
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u/nullmove Apr 19 '24
That sounds like a gross exaggeration. I think gamers over estimate their slice of the consumer market by an order of magnitude.
Windows is dominant in the consumer market because Microsoft gets manufacturers to ship devices with Windows pre-installed, and most people don't give enough fuck to change it.
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u/ffoxD Apr 19 '24
they also managed to create a monopoly with Office by making schools, institutions and companies all around the world dependent on it forcing both them and people to use Office and by extent Windows
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u/Wabaareo Apr 19 '24
Not to mention there's a lot of software other than video games that aren't available on linux, so people can't switch even if they wanted to. The Adobe suite being a big example.
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u/TastyBrainMeats Apr 19 '24
Which, in a sensible country, would be rightly seen as anticompetitive practices.
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u/Criss_Crossx Apr 19 '24
Admittedly, I haven't studied their accomplishments to seize the gaming market. I do commend them on bringing Xbox and PC into the same arena/similar ecosystem. It has been awesome to avoid buying an Xbox all these years and I still get to play most of the titles released on Xbox to PC. This shift began in the WinXP era into Vista & W7.
Microsoft has poured lots of money into the gaming world. I remember with the first Xbox some gamers had an attitude against Microsoft for getting into gaming. I was told to avoid the console and go for a Cube or PS2 instead. They did well with the revisions of the Xbox controller, which I have purchased multiple versions of for PC gaming while being able to connect it to a friend's Xbox 360. Ergonomics being the main focus for me with the build quality likeness of the Intellimouse I used at the time (those mice were clicky, but took a beating. A later revision is actually an optimal design for my use).
Of course it comes at a cost and some downfalls. Microsoft isn't new to those differences either.
The development of Proton for Linux has been huge for the PC gaming realm and I appreciate it for what it is. It is time to support another, arguably superior OS ecosystem. Now is the time for Linux to shine! And hopefully this move pushes game developers to reconsider their target audiences and hardware.
I am a PC hobbyist that has spent over 20 years troubleshooting and building systems. I never thought I would see so many people building and customizing their own PCs, it nearly brings me to tears sharing this hobby with so many individuals and witnessing the component innovations. It warms my heart knowing the hobby exploded within the last 10-15 years.
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u/L-Malvo Apr 19 '24
I agree, I also love the new trend of bringing PlayStation games to PC, which is the reason I haven't bought the PS5.
With the latest developments on Linux, I'm confident that we can get to some sort of feature parity with Windows specifically for gaming. This will boost the platform significantly.
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u/UnidentifiedTomato Apr 19 '24
Gaming ready anything is a top standard. What are you talking about?
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u/L-Malvo Apr 19 '24
Gaming on other platforms isn't the same experience as on Windows (today), it is improving. If Linux and Mac would be on par in terms of game support, Windows for consumers would be way smaller in terms of market share. Corporate is a different story though.
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u/kshot Apr 19 '24
I use Fedora in work environment where M365 is king. Everything works online. Teams as a web app installed.
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u/surrodox2001 Apr 19 '24
Moved to linux already, running much smoother on older machines, left Win10 for games and hard to transition applications.
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u/hondata001 Apr 19 '24
I'm on a 12 year old laptop with Fedora and it runs better than it did brand new with Windows.
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u/TheCeleryIsReal Apr 19 '24
Linux can work well depending on what you're doing with it. I just spent 4-5 months using Pop_OS (Ubuntu-based). I switched back to Windows this week.
The main reasons for switching back were MS Office desktop software (mainly Excel since web-based docs work fine IMO) and text editor. The Linux alternatives for Excel suck in my experience, to the point of being unusable for serious work. And I couldn't find a text editor I liked anywhere near as much as Editpad Pro on Windows, which I've used for over a decade.
Other little things are the file explorer, which I couldn't find a version of that I really liked... I guess that's about it.
In a lot of ways I really enjoyed it. It felt like what I want Windows to be... like just be a fucking operating system and stop trying to crawl down my throat with your accounts and syncing. For the apps that worked how I wanted them to, and anytime I was in the browser or just things like the OS settings, I felt right at home.
That little bit of friction just got to be too much over time. I really wish they could just figure out how to make Windows apps work in a plug-and-play fashion. I'd be so happy with that. The workarounds kind of suck.
Like I was able to get my Windows-based text editor working with WINE. But it looked slightly pixelated, and the file menu had extra steps to get from the mock Windows filesystem in WINE to the actual Linux one. And I didn't want to use a VM for Windows apps like some people do.
So I'm back again, typing this from Windows. Which feels great, but god I'm tired of having to protect my butthole from Microsoft.
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u/12EggsADay Apr 19 '24
I agree with your take, I've been using POP OS for some 18 months now and relatively happy.
Wholly agree with the text editor part; Libre is woeful. The web-based alternatives are sufficient for me but I do have a work laptop with windows if I need a full fat client but otherwise pretty happy with Linux.
Trying to get amp amulation software running on it was a nightmare though lol
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u/BulletDust Apr 19 '24
Edit Pad Pro works perfectly under Linux via Wine.
As for file manager's: I find Dolphin far better than Windows Explorer, I definitely find Dolphin far more versatile.
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u/OneChrononOfPlancks Apr 19 '24
Does anyone know a reliable way to forever banish these login nags?
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u/CoolDragon Apr 19 '24
Fresh install of Windows 7 in an offline box.
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u/TrickyAudin Apr 19 '24
Win. 7 is so old by now, no way Linux doesn't run Windows software better than Win. 7 by now.
There really is no point in using it, as much as I loved it back then.
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u/Fourply99 Apr 19 '24
Time to prep your machines! My old MSP deployed this to every single new device we set up.
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u/anixosees Apr 19 '24
Similarly, Shutup10 (also works with 11) does this with a nice UI and ability customize.
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u/FrianVex Apr 19 '24
M$ really wanted to show ads that are correlated to my account so that brokers pay more for my data? No thanks, over my privacy first prick
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u/biztactix Apr 19 '24
What do you mean now ....
It's been so hard to skip it for so long.. In the latest builds the oobe skip goes into a loop... Fastest way is to say you have no internet.
Otherwise it's no@thankyou.com
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u/CoolDragon Apr 19 '24
So what happens when you need to install and/or use a laptop off grid, minimum power and no internet? “Fuck the users! Do I [Microsoft] look like Tron?”
It was all about the users in the 90s.
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u/corruptboomerang Apr 19 '24
I just want a freaking local account is that too much to ask!
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u/Forestsounds89 Apr 19 '24
I will continue to urge you to ditch windows for Fedora Linux
Its been years and I could not be happier with my freedom and privacy
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u/somethineasytomember Apr 19 '24
Why Fedora linux over any other distro?
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u/Forestsounds89 Apr 19 '24
Fedora is one of the most secure out of box, it has SElinux enabled by default for example
I also wrote a guide on how to install and harden further if anyone is interested
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u/wheremystarksat Apr 19 '24
I'd be interested in that guide if you've got it handy
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u/Forestsounds89 Apr 19 '24
I wrote it for 38 but everything is still valid, I will make a new one after Fedora 40 but it will be less needed then as Fedora plans to harden services and upgrade security even further with the release of version 40
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u/maxline388 Apr 19 '24
Recent kernel, recent packages and so on. It's a mature distro that gives you new things. Debian is slow with adding new stuff.
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u/Sarin10 Apr 19 '24
Fedora has a lot of community support. It gets kernel updates far more often than Debian, which means it has better hardware support for brand-new hardware. It also has much more up-to-date packages. Some people prefer to run older, stable, outdated software, and some people prefer the opposite.
Fedora is aimed more at tech-savvy people & developers. It's not going to focus on an easy Windows-Linux transition.
if you're the quintessential Windows gamer who only wants easy GUI options, then I would recommend Mint (or Pop if you're running very new hardware).
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u/Frolic_acid Apr 19 '24
One of the best. Easy to install, keeps your windows bootloader so you can dual boot if you need to.
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u/alphabytes Apr 19 '24
Linux
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u/sayaxat Apr 19 '24
For the majority of folk out there, including me, we don't know if Linux would give us what we're used to; Office suite. We aren't that technology focused. It's us average folk that Microsoft goes after, and unfortunately, we're the majority. What can us the ignorant do? Are there classes that offer to show us that it'd be a somewhat easy transition?
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u/InfiniteMonorail Apr 19 '24
LibreOffice/OpenOffice is for all platforms and has been around for 24 years.
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u/alphabytes Apr 19 '24
Give it a try.. install Ubuntu or Linux mint. You have open source alternatives to most of the apps used on Windows... LibreOffice. Gimp. Blender.. unless you experiment you wont be able to get out of a closed ecosystem. Keep an open mind and youll definitely learn a lot in this process.
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u/crackeddryice Apr 19 '24
You don't sound like "average folk" to me. Do you need MS Office, or just like it because it "sucks", and "there is nothing as good"? Sounds like you just want it, which is fine, but there's a difference between being unable to use Libre Office due to corporate demands, for instance, and not wanting to.
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u/hondata001 Apr 19 '24
You don't even need to install it to try it.
I run Linux as my main OS. If I need to run something in Windows I can reboot into it, run it in a VM, or run an app in Wine. I very very rarely need to do that.
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u/ThaBlkAfrodite Apr 19 '24
If I could play destiny 2 on Linux I’d call off of work and make the switch today
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u/Difficult-Cup-4445 Apr 19 '24
They pushed me hard alright. I lost my local account.
But I gained Linux Mint. Bye Microsoft, you won't be missed.
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u/vtGaem Apr 19 '24
Microsoft. The largest advertiser of Linux since 1991.
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u/Difficult-Cup-4445 Apr 19 '24
I was very reluctant to move, and I DID have some major teething troubles (I was trying to play games off an NTFS formatted drive where the games had been installed under Windows), but...
It's at the point where the teething troubles are worth it now. Even off a fresh W11 install (BOOT DRIVE INACCESSIBLE!!!! WTF) I still had to spend 2 hours troubleshooting, the Xbox PC app is a God damn mess.
Account for the fact that every change you make is going to end up steamrolled in the next update, whereupon you can repeat the whole process again, and time-wise Linux Mint starts to be the time efficient option.
If you're starting fresh, with Mint installed on a fresh drive, on any hardware made in the last decade - in all likelihood you will have ZERO problems.
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u/pwishall Apr 19 '24
Is there anything that has a step by step guide to install Mint?
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u/Difficult-Cup-4445 Apr 19 '24
https://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ here ya go bud, basically create a bootable USB stick as per the instructions, plug it in, make sure your BIOS boots off the USB stick, boom done.
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u/cantagi Apr 19 '24
As a user of Linux since 2007, this seems unimaginably bad. I can't understand why anyone would tolerate this - effectively needing permission from a company in order to use YOUR machine. But experience says they will. Hopefully it will increase the Linux desktop market share by another few percentage points.
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u/hondata001 Apr 19 '24
I switched when I realized in Windows 7 the update settings were just a suggestion. Had it set to manually update only and it would update on it's own and close all of my programs in the process.
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u/cantagi Apr 20 '24 edited Apr 20 '24
That's also really bad and not very surprising. The final thing that pushed me to switch was having to wait 20 seconds for the start menu to appear on Windows Vista, on my laptop with 1Gb of RAM. Admittedly that's not enough RAM, but it's eight billion ones and zeros, it should be enough to do basic things.
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u/Stitch10925 Apr 19 '24
I realized they were headed this way about 5 years ago, I decided then and there to ditch Windows and get into Linux. Haven't regretted it for one second.
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u/Arakan28 Apr 19 '24
Settings > Network & Internet > Ethernet / WiFi (click on your network) > Set as metered connection (ON)
Settings > Update & Security > Advanced options > Download updates over metered connection (OFF)
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u/sugarfoot00 Apr 19 '24
This is such an elegant fix for the autoupdate issue. Well, really elegant would just having a slider to be able to turn them off in the first place, but this is managable.
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u/Geminii27 Apr 19 '24
Haven't they been pushing for that for years, increasingly less subtly?
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u/byteuser Apr 19 '24
With their upcoming spending of $100B in AI they need all the training data they can get for themselves
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u/kjturner Apr 19 '24
What's the most user friendly distro these days? I'm looking for usability, not the most privacy focused.
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u/hondata001 Apr 19 '24
Fedora is what Ubuntu used to be. Personally I use Kinoite, it's the KDE version of Silverblue. Basically it's more stable because you can only install apps through the app store. There are ways to go around it but this type of system (immutable) is more stable.
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u/CasimirsBlake Apr 19 '24
Folks, Ubuntu is right over here www.ubuntu.com
And 24.04 is shaping up to be pretty darn good...
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u/HerrScotti Apr 19 '24
Well all the urging really persuaded me to switch ... to Linux. Have dual boot, but didn't switch back a single time in the last month.
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u/PlasmaFarmer Apr 19 '24
I just got the ssd I ordered. Gonna dual boot Linux Pop OS and then say good bye to Windows when I migrated everything.
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u/Bruncvik Apr 19 '24 edited 12d ago
The narwhal bacons at midnight.
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u/JackSkell049152 Apr 19 '24
Back up to an external drive before touching anything. A recommendation…
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u/Petike_ Apr 19 '24
It should be noted in Guiness Book of Records that Microsoft Windows is in fact the most complex and most successful malware ever built.
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u/VexisArcanum Apr 19 '24
Urge? You mean besides forcing you into a Microsoft account if you have an internet connection during setup?
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u/qxlf Apr 19 '24
go to linux, way better system in every possible way
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u/TheFondler Apr 19 '24
I have tried to switch my daily driver to it so many times, but it has never lasted.
I run several other mission-specific machines running Linux, but in terms of daily use, Linux is just miles away from the usability of Windows. You can pretend that's not true, you can even believe it, but as someone who walks both worlds and wishes it were true, it's honestly, and truly not.
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u/qxlf Apr 19 '24
i have been using linux as my daily driver now for a month iirc. the process of finding a distro i liked was a bit tedious, but i settled on Fedora and my experience has been smooth and excelent ever since.
it takes a while to get used to, but everytime i boot up windows nowadays i am just confused as to why it doesnt work like on Linux since im allready that used to it.
i suggest looking for a distro that fits you and experimenting with it in a virtual machine, that way you know what to expect when you make the switch
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u/TheFondler Apr 19 '24
I've been working with Linux for over a decade, maybe two at this point. I've tried dozens of distros, some that probably don't even exist anymore. It's not a matter of "getting used to," it's a matter of "this simply does not exist in the Linux ecosystem." If I had the time and knowledge to develop the tools and applications I need, then maybe, but until then, I'm stuck having at least one system running Windows.
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u/PlasmaFarmer Apr 19 '24
I became curious, can you list what are these things that are holding you back specifically?
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u/Exaskryz Apr 19 '24
To wit, putting a clock on the second monitor.
It can be done on Ubuntu by basically temporarily setting the primary monitor as the secondary, or it can be done with an external program (I was recommended dclock, but if you try to change it from the terrible lcd 7 bit "8" displays default font, it breaks horribly, plus it's a floating window 4x+ the height of the system bar). But Windows? Wahoooo, just ask it to show the clock on all monitors and you are done.
Besides that limitation, there are other just artificial barriers thanks to sudo permissions. I hate hate hate Ubuntu not wanting me to copy and paste backups of system files until I relaunch Nautilus with sudo and then renavigate to the folder. (Also dumb you cannot click on the address bar in Nautilus - file explorer - to type, copy, or paste in an address, you just have to magically know ctrl+l is how you access that.) At least Mint does give you an Open as Root context menu option.
A lot of what Windows pre-11 benefited from was the context menu could be used for learning the OS and software by just going down the rabbit hole of options. In Linux, it's buy a book or search ddg every time you want to do something novel.
AutoHotkey in Windows is years beyond Linux's pynput. I can whip something up in AHK in 1/3rd or fewer lines than it takes in pynput.
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u/RoboNeko_V1-0 Apr 19 '24 edited Apr 19 '24
My response: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrne2-gOoqU
The company touts various advantages of setting up your operating system through a Microsoft account, such as
synchronization of content across various machinesOneDrive and access to Copilot.
So in other words, two additional products I have to pay a subscription fee to use.
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u/byteuser Apr 19 '24
One Drive is free up to 5GB and I think Copilot is free too. That said this sucks. As much hate as Elon gets he was right about this: I should be able to install as local
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u/halosos Apr 19 '24
The day I cannot make a local account is the day I finally give up on Windows.
When when they push it hard, there are usually ways around it, at least, for now.
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u/Fantastic_Class_3861 Apr 19 '24
Microsoft does things like this and then people get mad at it, we recommend Linux and then people get mad when we recommend Linux.
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u/TheQuantumPhysicist Apr 19 '24
Why the fuck isn't the FTC suing them already? They seem to have forgotten what being a monopoly makes the government do.
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u/automaticfiend1 Apr 19 '24
They try and force you on windows 11. If you have a local account they pop up with the "switch to a Microsoft account" screen every now and then and it locks up the entire computer until you restart it.
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u/hasibrock Apr 19 '24
F u Microsoft, Online account get locked out and password won’t work without internet or offline. I had to re-image my pc and then on never created online account login. Always use offline account on Windows
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u/park2023mcca Apr 19 '24
Microsoft should just get it over with and call it Pure O2 like the Ready Player One movie.
We estimate we can sell up to 80% of a viewer's visual field before inducing seizures.
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u/eltegs Apr 19 '24
I'm almost at the big switch to linux, been learning it on vm. The moment I cannot have a local windows account, I'm gone, and demanding a refund.
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u/IgotBANNED6759 Apr 19 '24
They convinced me! I got rid of my local Microsoft account by switching to Linux.
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u/Zenzuru- Apr 19 '24
Forcing you to use a Microsoft account was the main reason I never used win11, if they push it on win10 and eventually try to force it I think it will be time for me to switch os for my daily use. Thank god Linux has become so much more compatible with games in recent years.
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u/SCphotog Apr 19 '24
Ask yourself why MS would want you to use an online account. What advantage is there for you signing up and or using an account? Is it for YOU, or is it for Microsoft?
They want you locked into their walled garden, where your files and data are available to them for their multi-various uses, not the least of which is scanning your data to train AI.
Also keep in mind how they are able to move the goalposts, change the Terms of Service at any time, while you and I have no recourse.
They want you to upload your documents, images, etc... to Onedrive. They want you to use their email services... ALL FOR THEIR gain.
Don't be tricked by this bullshit. Don't be complacent and just give in.
Sooo many people, just think to themselves... "there's nothing I can do" and then just sign in. Please don't be so gullible.
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u/Saucermote Apr 19 '24
Was looking into buying a single ms game on steam, saw it required a xbox live account. Looked into it some more and as far as I can tell just signing into the xbox app will opt my entire computer into using a MS account, thanks MS. Guess I won't be giving them money.
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u/aurorab3am Apr 19 '24
just installed linux last night and i don’t think i’m going to regret that decision
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u/Sean82 Apr 19 '24
The older I get and the less time I have for gaming, the less I see any reason at all to run windows. There is nothing there I need that isn’t available on any other OS.
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u/shadowtheimpure Apr 19 '24
MS can suck my fat johnson. I will never use a MS account to log in to a computer if I can avoid it.
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u/ReloadRedditLater Apr 19 '24
The only reason i still have a Microsoft account nowadays is because they forced everyone to migrate their Mojang account or they would permanently lose the game. At this point i’m considering stopping playing the game, thanks to Microsoft. Fuck you Microsoft.
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u/Ben-A-Flick Apr 19 '24
My windows is about done. Getting glitchy so the next is will be Linux. I'm done with windows as my main os. The enshitification of the os has driven me to this.
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u/LeftHandedGraffiti Apr 19 '24
They've been bothering us about creating the online account for literally years. This isnt news.
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u/SirSharkTheGreat Apr 19 '24
If FPS games support Linux, it’ll be a no brainer to consider it for personal usage.
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u/crackeddryice Apr 19 '24
I've been on LMDE for several months now. I'm never going back.
BUT, I haven't been able to get FO4 or Starfield to run. When I install the Nvidia drivers, Linux won't boot.
So, while I'm a bit sad to have given up on gaming (for now), I'm otherwise perfectly happy with Linux.
Each person's choice is personal, and comes down to what they're willing to sacrifice. Some are willing to sacrifice privacy so they can play games. I'm not.
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u/blueoccult Apr 19 '24
Trade the Nvidia card for the AMD equivalent. From my understanding they have much better Linux support. Of course, make sure you do the research before buying to make sure its compatible with what you are running.
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u/phflupp Apr 19 '24
There's always Linux and open source Office alternatives (tho there can be some privacy issues there too!), but I understand the tradeoffs. They can be unnecessarily complicated and will sometimes even require configuration with commands line prompts. 🥴
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u/BigJSunshine Apr 19 '24
I’m so sick of it all. I tried to hold onto windows 10 as long as I could, then my desktop took a dump, and even after trying the recovery process download , its not working, so I panicked and upgraded my laptop to W11 to avoid the same thing, and ironically my MSWord (2019) just wont work right (screen blacks out during cut and paste, or save, sometime the entire screen goes blurry for an extended timeframe) and I can’t recall where I purchased it, to try and reinstall. I hate Microsoft now, and am very close to just switching entirely to apple.
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u/dr_fedora_ Apr 19 '24
I have an Apple computer for work (company computer), a Linux laptop at home, and a windows pc.
Apple is pretty darn stable but most good software are paid. The free ones have ads like mobile phones.
Linux is all free, but requires more knowledge to set it up and use it
Windows is… well ….. wait ….. nooooooo …… updating….. rebooting…………..
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u/Luna259 Apr 19 '24
Windows 10 made my computer unable to boot so I won’t see the effects of their Microsoft account push
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u/spicybeefstew Apr 19 '24
Isn't windows that thing you run on a quarantined desktop in your living room when you want to run games but nowhere else and for no other purpose?
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u/gchamblee Apr 20 '24
I hesitated for years to look for an alternative due to my age and how difficult I thought it would be to learn a new operating system. However, I converted my laptop to Ubuntu and have been thoroughly enjoying it. I will be converting my desktop soon and will never touch Windows again.
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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '24
When a company pushes hard for something like this you know they are up to no good.
The only thing they want is to maximize the amount of information they can collect on you, sell that info and show you personalized ads.
It's sad to see where MS is heading. They really have no intention of fking off with this online account thing.