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Microsoft is killing another workaround to set up Windows 11 without a Microsoft account (www.ghacks.net)

submitted 3 days ago by AbaixoDeCao@lemmy.ca to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

For many years I've had at least one Windows machine and at least one OSX machine (and then everything else runs linux). As MS started pushing this (and as Proton and Lutris got good enough to support almost any Windows software I would need to run, mostly games) I finally made the jump to zero Windows machines about a year and a half ago. Don't miss it.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I just last month tried out Bazzite for fun and haven't switched back. I feel like an idiot for sticking with Windows as long as I did. I was the metaphorical frog in the pot of water not realizing how shitty it had become. I guess I should be grateful there isn't any program I need that's Windows only because Bazzite is better than Windows in every way I can think of.

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If you're not familiar with wine, it can be your friend. Run Windows applications in Linux if you can't find an alternative application

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 5 points 3 days ago

Thanks, I'm still learning but so far there hasn't been any application I need that there isn't some equivalent of.