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Microsoft kills official way to activate windows without internet (www.neowin.net)
submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by 1984@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] dukemirage@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I‘ll stay with 10 until I figured out Bitwig.

[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] dukemirage@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yes it’s Ableton, will try it out.

[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 days ago

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.

[–] oftenawake@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 days ago

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!