Now when trying to activate the OS by attempting to call the phone number for Microsoft Product Activation, an automated voice response says the following: "Support for product activation has moved online.
Linux is this way, guys.
To all Linux users. Help out the new ones, explain calmly and make them feel welcome so that they can contribute back later too.
You could always just install Linux Mint and then install the Mint XP theme. No Microsoft Account required.
To hell with Microslop.
People need to have some dignity. When an OS becomes an ant-privacy ad serving platform first and foremost, it’s time to ditch it!
My newest computer came with Windows 11. I ran it for a few weeks and wiped it and installed Bazzite Linux. I have had virtually no issues and honestly it’s been a fantastic experience.
I do have an older laptop running Win 10 for a handful of programs that I haven’t figured out how to get to work under Linux yet, but it’s just a matter of time.
What softwares? Sometimes there are good alternatives for them.
I have a desktop and 2 laptops running Linux and a microslop surface running win10. The surface has one job, run Pioneer Rekordbox so I can analyse tracks for my DJ decks. I can get Rekordbox running on bottles, but no usb pass-through means I can’t format and populate the usb to stick in the decks. Tried in a VM and WinBoat, but it refuses to run on a VM.
FUCK MICROSOFT
Microslop*
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I installed Mint on my main computer yesterday. _ Super done with Windows! Now I just have to convince my husband to let me install it on his computer, too. 🤔
I just moved my main PC to CachyOS like two weeks ago. It’s been quite nice so far actually. Minor hiccup when trying to play The Guild 2 (had to use Protontricks to download DirectPlay)
Such a fucking PITA, as a small IT shop, I don’t want to have to full on fucking go enterprise to keep my users from needing to make Microsoft accounts.
Been using Mint since last April. Haven’t missed a thing.
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Why censor? This is not reddit. Fuck Microsoft, and fuck Satya Nadella in particular.
You can say fuck here because its not big tech running the show. Thats why platform matters.
Just the fact that big tech is now making people censor themselves everywhere is disgusting.
Fuck Microsoft.
Mike Fuckrosoft
This alone is enough for me, to consider Windows a bad choise.
I’ve said that line so many times.
For me its that and the other 20 reasons. :)
Only 20?
It’s a list of general bullet points, each with 100-1000 sub-items…
I would note that every single time I’ve tried to reactivate windows after a mobo or CPU upgrade, it has failed.
I guess it’s supposed to work better if you sign into your Microsoft account ever, which I don’t, because I see literally no reason they would need me to expect to advance spyware and adware.
The phone activation is the only thing that has worked. Good thing I’ve been dual booting a Ubuntu fork for the past six months. I guess after my next hardware upgrade I’ll be Linux only.
Who wants a computer which might not work after an upgrade and not because there’s an actual problem but because a corporation says no? It’s more stress and more work out of nowhere. Corporations should never be allowed to brick devices, but since they are, I choose “not corporation” as my permanent fix. It’s a good move!
I‘ll stay with 10 until I figured out Bitwig.
What’s your current DAW of choice? If it’s Ableton, Bitwig should be a breeze to figure out.
Also aside from that, most DAWs and VSTs work great in WINE.
Yes it’s Ableton, will try it out.
I think Bitwig was made by former Ableton employees, so it has a very similar workflow. It’s by far my favorite DAW, although nowadays, I’m trying to use Zrythm since I want to use as much open source software as possible.
Bitwig on Linux is amazing and was the final thing which let me ditch Windows for good after years of using Linux for everything else.
You won’t regret it!
Remember when you activated software with a key on the back of the CD case?
FCKGW?
How did you get MY key?!
Your key‽ That’s MY key!
Our key comrades.
I remember key generators… :)
those had the BEST music for some reason.
Never had any luck with those to say the least…
I think today, maybe they dont work. But I was using them in the 90s and 2000s, they were great and had music and graphics and everything, coded in pure assembly. :)
I remember awesome multi keygens for groups of titles by one publisher. Good times 😁.
I never used the one on the CD case, I just used all ones. Or 123451234512345, etc. for Windows 98.
This is the dumbest decision for one reason alone: some laptops and desktops that lack updated drivers cannot connect to the internet.
It literally happened to me with a lenovo laptop, where I had to find a way to bypass the internet requirement or else I’d have a $800 paperweight.
If I didn’t need Windows for a specific reason I’d be on Linux, believe me. But this decision is ridiculous.
I don’t see how this particular thing is an issue. You don’t need to activate Windows during the setup. You can skip activation, update the driver, and then activate windows afterwards
I think the real problem is setting up Windows without a Microsoft account?
that wouldn’t work without tinkering anyways with the latest windows 11 versions
or use your phone or any other device to get the activation key.
Activation scripts can be put onto a USB drive, so if nothing else, there’s always a way to keep using the hardware you paid for (assuming you want to stay hostage to these fucks)
Dear Microsoft,
Could you please squeeze your users a little harder yet.
We’re eager for the year of the linux desktop.
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