• codenamekino@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Lemmy probably isn’t the target audience for this, here’s the steps to bypass the MS account requirement when setting up W11:

    • Configure your keyboard, but before you select your wifi network press Shift+(Fn)+F10 to open Command Prompt.

    • Type in the following command and press enter. Your computer will reboot: oobe\bypassnro

    • After the reboot, configure your keyboard and location settings, and click the option at the bottom of the page to say that you don’t want to connect to the internet

    • Click the link on the next page to “Continue with limited setup”, then follow the prompts to enter a username and password.

  • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    6 months ago

    This one is particularly harsh since win11 has ridiculous artificial hard stops on installation based on made up hardware requirements. Also it sucks.

  • Beebabe@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I’ve decided I’m gonna have one crapbox prebuilt just for the windows things and nothing important or personal, but my work laptop and pc will most certainly not be windows going forward. I have a lot to learn but I’m over it with the ads and the privacy stuff is a genuine concern for work related items.

  • Toes♀@ani.socialEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I really want to see the EU force Microsoft to release a stripped down version that continues to support older hardware.

  • Scratch@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    6 months ago

    You can recommend what you like. As soon as Windows 10 can’t play the latest games I’m off to Linux.

    Eat my whole ass, Microsoft.

    • Bahnd Rollard@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Come on over, the water is fine. I switched to Pop_OS a few months back for the gaming rig and Proton+Steam works almost flawlessly. Older titles sometimes have hiccups, but so far ive only been blocked on one title.

      • rdrunner@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 months ago

        If iRacing and my other sim racing gear worked with Linux I’d make the switch asap. I already have popOS on another hard drive and everything other than iRacing has worked well

        • poleslav@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          6 months ago

          Yup, similar boat but with planes instead of cars. Most inputs Linux can support on a single usb device is 86 or so, my throttle alone has well over 150 buttons on it. Add in all the stuff for my sim cockpit (probably around 1000 buttons), my haptic feedback chair, and then VR… as much as I’d like to use Linux, I don’t think it’d be possible for the foreseeable future for me to switch.

        • 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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          6 months ago

          Folks will say arch.

          But honestly any modern Linux system with 3rd party drivers will work. Mint pop_os arch Manjaro Debian Ubuntu etc

          I’m running a 1660 and an i5 64xx on kubuntu 24.04 Granted that stuff is older but you’ll have the same experience.

          Unless you’re running the absolute bleeding edge… You’ll not have a lot of problems.

          *Ymmv of course but majority of folks won’t have issues.

          • HeyMrDeadMan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            6 months ago

            The the Arch software repos are incredible and the Arch Wiki is, quite frankly, a work of art that should be celebrated with the same reverence as the Mona Lisa or David’s uncircumcised cock.

            But anyone recommending Arch to a Linux newbie needs a psych evaluation.

            I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve read stories to the effect of, “yeah, a regular package update bricked my desktop, but I just rolled my face across the keyboard and recompiled the offending software and got back to work, no big deal.”

            Cool. I’m so glad you can do that my guy, I really am. But how the hell do you expect average computer user to figure that out? The first time a software update leaves them at a command prompt with some cryptic GDM error message or a Nvidia kernel panic or something, they’re going running back to Billy Gates’ warm walled garden embrace. Shit, I like to think I’m half competent with Linux and I’d shit myself if that happened to me.

            EDIT: Sorry, @7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com, I didn’t nessicarily mean to direct any of that to you specifically, it’s sort of just my standard copy pasta whenever I see Arch reccomded.

  • mctoasterson@reddthat.comEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Yeah it’s nice to know I have to build a new machine next year whether I want to or not. I’ve been coasting on a desktop PC I built circa 2015 because the thing works still. Problem is it doesn’t meet the hardware reqs (TPM 2.0) to upgrade to Win 11.

    Whether I build a machine in 2025 or not I think I will be making the switch to daily driving Linux. I am sick of the amount of time the end user has to spend debloating Windows and blocking its telemetry.