Just don't tie your PC to an account to begin with.

Already walked. Microsoft is insane.

I left Microsoft as of yesterday.

@@SirMannyAngel Your momma must be so proud of you.

@@MrPir84free it's redundant to say you hate Windows because of the account when you add an account to Linux. It's just plain dumb.

Been testing a bit myself again! Ubuntu (again), seemed kind of messed up on version 24. Then tried Fedora 40 and was much better and on a i3 1.7Ghz 12Gb memory laptop. Not bad. I will retire too in less than 2 years. The big change may be coming!

I found that also Win11 22H2 version has disappeared, although for those that need it... for now.. it in in the Web archive, very slow download That tells you all you need to know about the new Microsoft path of POOP💩💩💩 I recently Forced a 22H2 install and blocked or uninstalled most bloatware on a i5 Intel and it now flies! For how long? Linux? This time I am really coming. Could still use a windows pc Offline if needed for some apps!

One day... I hope.

Ya not to mention Xbox it goes with Microsoft an im going to Linux stuff like Linux mint or Debian 12 stuff like that ☺️

@@AncientGranules Got mine saved to a usb stick for reinstall. All I need to is write F**k off Microsoft in the email and it's offers me a local account.

I guess you weren't a smart PC user. No wonder you switched to Linux.

Welcome.

@@NotMarkKnopfler I am so glad I broke free from the Linux cult. You people treat it more like a religion than a hobby. No thank you.

Took control of your computing!

@@lancestu With Linux, it's more like your computing took control of you. "In Soviet Russia...

Maybe I would watch the advertisements if they were not scams.

DAMN STRAIGHT! To hell with Microsoft!

its possible to force microsoft to change once they start losing customers and everyone switches to linux and thats not happening for now linux is not mainstream yet but i hope that it becomes mainstream in the future and competes with windows (it kind of is already competing with windows)

Or if your internet is down, you just cant get to your files.

Also that's a hell of a lot of training data for AI once MS has everyone's files on the cloud.

That's why I stopped using a Microsoft account years ago.

pretty sure that was the goal.

@RAM_845 Like I said over on Odysee; if MS expects companies to continue developing and running embedded systems under MSWin, they will have t o have a version without the online requirement. And that workaround will get discovered and published very quickly.

Because most people are complacent, and will just go along with it like sheep, and the rest of us sadly don't have the time, and/or money to higher a law firm with big enough balls to take on the juggernaut that is Microsoft, but if you have the time, money, and balls then go for it, otherwise don't complain why other's don't do it, because now ya know why!!

@GHOSTSTARSCREAM that another good point, it's gonna take a large government with another antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft for anything to happen, and I don't see that happening anytime soon.

If you recall, the government sued M$ for monopolizing and unfair business practices. M$ lost, got fined, and continued on, getting even worse.

You gonna pay for it, big boy? Or worthlessly virtue signal some more?

...or they could just save some time and money and switch to Linux.

Years ago there was a move in US DOD to move from Windows to Linux operating systems. This would allow IT personnel complete control and openness for reviews and actions. They could prove abiding by all laws and save lots of federal funds; almost free, because Windows licenses were expensive. It was turned down by senior management which is why Bill Gates and Microsoft own the world now, including all of those military and intel networks. Regards

The governments want Microsoft to make it easy for them to access EVERYONE's files. Meanwhile, the governments are moving to Linux to keep all their sleazy information away from the people!

Brasil s Defence Minstry and All Forces are on 100% Linux after Obama Wired tapped us Years before...

Imagine how dystopian the digital world would be with only Apple and Microsoft OSes

That sounds terrible.

@@kiillabytez Uses less ram, more storage space for games on Steam, no forced updates, no nagging, whats not to like? I even got Sketchup 2017 running via Bottles.

@@231pilot Well, those might have been great selling points 10-years ago, but not in 2024. Linux has always felt so plastic and budget for me.

@231pilot - Welcome 🤝

@@kiillabytez

yep, remember the jab forced on people, very few opposed, unf., too many sheep, nwo will come.

Real Men in Arms with Real Gear can beat any tech loonacy

@@orange11squares I know, right? Look at the millions that died...oh wait.

Think harder. Roots of modern computing is in mainframes used in terminal machines. Idea is maintenance. It is much simpler IT when data and taking backups are in single place. Native applications came when we got microcomputers and they didn't always have modems or they are very slow or expensive. Including infrastructure. But terminal connections started to get common in microcomputers but native applications stayed because of graphical user interfaces and need to run also some code in locally. Then we got web and it shaped fast to be like terminal connections with graphics. Then UI needed to some special requirements to run code locally if native application was justified, or some other reason to run code locally. Goal was clear, we got Java Applets, Flash Player and ActiveX so developers can create almost everything to standard based browser application but if there is some component that was not possible, there was temporarily workaround to use non-standard component technology. And then we got jQuery what basicly started Javascript revolution. We now got technology for remote applications with UI and way to run code locally where it was needed using standard based technology. For developer and user, there is huge benefits that code is written using standards. It is compatible, for both backward and forward and easy to develop. Native applications are in practice, impossible to make compatible with every device got so native applications are inferior. It is very rare that native code is justified to get better application. Web doesn't enforce authentication gate. You can run web application in local network if you want. Some work applications also keep data in browser (Apple don't like these). You also forgot that from C++, that it is awful. Microsoft had terrible issues with C++ so they went to C#. Nokia used C++ and they failed to have it proper technology to applications and they disappeared from the mobile market. It is C++ complexity and same time hard to make stable ABI with that caused all C++ issues. C++ ABI was actually standardized for Linux based operating systems and that failed too because they break that standard every decade. There is no conspiracy. There are standards to make computers and programming simple. Browser has been the standard technology to make user interfaces. Developers doesn't need to care what happens below browser in technology stack. What happens there is that large corporations like Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung etc. want to put something between user and things what users do. They want to put brand there and use their foothold as a showcase to own services or for advertisements. There is a lot of unnecessary crap, or limitations what they do.

I'm a gamer and have been for years. I was able to switch to PopOS a couple years ago full time. All my games work including Steam, EA, GOG, and Epic. I just use Steam, Lutris, and Heroic. I haven't had any issues with finding other applications for doing the things I do. Just takes a bit of getting used to how things work and you are good to go. Not everything is as good but lots are. Depends what you do on your PC I guess but I was completely successful in making the move and I bet others would be pleasantly surprised.

Using a Linux version of a game is like using a Nintendo Wii version of a PS5 game. Totally not the same experience.

That option does not work anymore. I have tried that yesterday. New laptop looks like it is built into bios. When with Rufus option install, gives error on installation.

How do you do that? Or where can I find out? I don’t know yet even what Rufus is!

​@@whatzause it is a tool for flashing a bootable os on a usb drive that is free and open source but only availaible on Windows

You do realize that ssds have been a thing for easily more than 12 years now right. That old windows 11pc you can remove the stores drive from it if it's not an SSD and regardless if it's a SSD or hard drive you can nuke that installation of windows in a stall whatever else you want to. You might need to disable secure boot as well as fast startup in your UEFI bios

Why didnt you get SSD and put it on it? It makes a difference

@GHOSTSTARSCREAM dude..there are 8Tb and even a scarce bit of 16TB ssds out there... Now yes..price as usually vs hdds for ssds is easily more than double or 5x.. But if you need more than 4TB of os drive involved storage...either you have a megabutt ton of games you want installed on samw drive your Os lives on...or you are exaggerating tour storage needs or how those needs are prioritized. It is not rocket science..it's 2024..if you can't afford even a 500GB crucial ssd...you have either an income crisis or monetary management mentality problem involving prioritizing what matters

@GHOSTSTARSCREAM high capacity HDDs are usually enterprise grade and very expensive just like SSDs there is little difference in pricing.

You ran Win10 on a hard disk? My condolences. I had that and it was so interminably slow that it was a major reason I switched to Linux Mint.

Not to mention tons of abandonware games. Between Lutris and DosBox there's probably not many oldies that won't run. In fact in many cases they run better than on Win10

Unfortunately there are things that don't run on Linux, such as many audio plugins, many which are expensive and that musicians and others have collections they've invested in for years. : / But it is great that Valve, GE, and others have been putting a lot of effort into getting gaming and other things working great on Linux, and I give props to them.

It does not 'run everything' (and some things that do run may not run as well on Linux) but there are a lot of people who could get away with running Linux if they wanted to. The whole "it just works!" when that isn't 100% true just frustrates people who DO try Linux and don't have a good first impression when everything doesn't just work.

I have some windows programs that need the .NET framework that I can't get going on Linux. So, those programs live on a Win 10 machine that is powered up just when I need those programs. I a a full time Linux user now.

@@nadtz This is what happened to me multiple times before I switched to Fedora and it was a much better experience than LM. I also tried Zorin OS but I did not like the fact that it was slow on updates just like LM. Also, when I tried LM, Cinnamon DE kept crashing over and over. SO ANNOYING!

Which Linux distribution and desktop environment did you switch to? Are there any particular questions or problems you have yet to be able to resolve or get answers for?

@@motoryzen I switched to Mint Cinnamon since it's the most familiar going in. I am a digital artist and require a very specific program to do my job and installing Wine i was able to run it with some workarounds. Compatibility for everything is around 80% so some stuff still does not work having switched over but overall being able to have full control of the machine and not having to worry about the usual windows stuff has been a blessing. Other then that, i forget i'm using linux most days, i just kinda do my job and then im done; its been smooth mostly.

@@RikoRikowski I already figured that was the reason why you switched to Linux Mint considering it's the exact reason I give to Windows users who are considering giving Lennox a real try. Just in case it wasn't clear I wasn't arguing against that at all

@@motoryzen Oh i was not assuming it was! Am actually pretty chill lol, just having small talk is all, its cool!

I wish you good luck in your Linux journey.

Thats like a credit card ad on a Dave Ramsey show!

I use Lubuntu which uses LXQt. I'm a Linux noob and don't really know if it's a good thing or not, but can say it works for what's needed, and Lubuntu thankfully isn't as bulky as Ubuntu

Where is the butt size widget? And more importantly where do they sell internet-of-things butts?

All VMs let you. Just need to download the .iso file and boot your VM with that and you can test out any Linux distro you would like.

​​@@SwitchedtoLinuxthat what i am doing for when i found a solution to the problem i have with linux on bare metal (not with a vm) i will switch if linux is good for me or not

There is also live images - you can make an usb stick and boot and run linux from it to see how it works on your hardware.

They want everything done via cloud so they can limit control everything you do .

I switched to Linux in 2001. That was even before MSWin XP.

Likely it's trying to reach out to your companies domain controller that it's part of and not related to MS sign in. My work computer has a MS account (we use Azure) and a Domain Account (which is what I use to sign in). When connection to the DC is broken for what ever reason it takes a while to sign in. There's likely a way to make it timeout faster but I haven't looked into it yet.

is your work computer under a domain, connected to the company's network, communicating with the company's servers? if so, it's possible that is causing the slowdown.

you could always create an M$ account to finish the setup and then create a local acccount and use the local account as the main one. of course most average users without documentation wont know how to set up a local account, i think

Not true for windows 10 and its very easy to bypass on windows 11

bet it can be bypassed. like how the user is not restricted to be on only 'c:\Users\' or that the user profile folder name can be renamed, but they wont provide an easy interface to do it

@@STCatchMeTRACjRo Wouldn't you have to make that change before such a "security" update was rolled out? How would you do this if you can't even log in without a Microsoft account? Thanks for the reply. 🙂

@@mojoneko8303 unattended installation

Well, I believe that ALL games that will never work on Linux have invasive, Kernel-level cheat detectors -- which you shouldn't have in your PC, anyway.

How do you block that?

@@pantarei. First Stage: fill your "hosts" file with known Microsoft DNS names. There are many examples out there. Second stage: watch the IP traffic and block it on your router. The second stage is a little bit paranoid, because most communication is blocked by the DNS entries. But who knows when M$ begins to ignore the hosts file ore ? It's only to be prepared 😉

I've got news for you you're not going to keep Windows 10 in the end from Auto changing to Windows 11 when Microsoft feels it's time. As long as that computer is connected online to the internet. The Windows updates engine is built into the windows core AKA kernel and you don't have anything access to that any more than I or anyone else does except for those who work for Microsoft in the operating system software development department

If you want to keep windows 10 unplug it from the internet

@@motoryzen you can tweak it, so you CAN keep 10, I did it for my sister and she has no issue

@@Aki-kh2qe-StreetKidZZZ look.. I've been there and done that. I know all about Chris Titus Tech's debloat scripts that do awesomw thinga to let you temporarily get control of what is suppposed tp be your PC again, and honestly God bless him for his sincere efforts to fight against Microsoft. But, the fact remains that none of these third-party software tools have editing access to the windows kernel. So while they might temporarily do what they claim they're going to do and inevitable update is going to undo what that tool has done, and in the end you'll have to redo it over and over whether it's once a month or whether it's twice a year. Nothing defeats that fact because none of these tools have any access to the windows core AKA kernel which is where the Windows updates engine and the Telemetry engines live in Facts don't care about anyone's feelings on this. You can pretend like you have control over whether or not Microsoft owns your computer all you want to but as long as your PC that boots into Windows is connected to the internet, you do not own it and, and history has proven that Microsoft can and will do what they want with such a PC anytime they wish The only way to get true real ownership and control over what is supposed to be your PC is to Nuke windows and install a Linux operating system into that storage Drive And thus My overall point is, why continue to do the same things you've always done and expect different results AKA waste your time trying to fight against an operating system that doesn't allow you to own what is supposed to be your PC and doesn't allow you local at least on the operating system level on your computer real privacy versus choosing to spend time to learn about an operating system that actually respects your privacy and actually respects the fact that you are supposed to be able to own what is supposed to be your PC and not leasing or renting it I'm sorry to sound like a parrot as some would probably call me for this next comparative analogy, but Dave Ramsey said it best. Quote it's not a math problem. It is a behavior problem. It is the guy in the mirror that one must address" It is a mentality change that is necessary. You need to get away from the mentality that you need Windows the only real exceptions is involving software that does not work in Linux one way or another even VA virtual machine running windows inside of it and this involves an employer that requires that in order for you to continue getting a paycheck

An azure cloud directory would be one of many options

I think consumer Win 11 and enterprise Win 11 may be different in this regard, though I don't know and they might just push people to use Azure Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory, because changing that name makes total sense) instead.

@@the-answer-is-42 Yeah, enterprise options are much more varied, and have better support options for doing things the way the company wants. Microsoft is okay with forcing consumers into using X features or whatever because at the end of the day we don't really account for that much of their overall revenue. They could lose the entire consumer marketshare tomorrow and still be okay. They'd probably lay some people off, but they would be fine. MS makes an absurd amount of money from Enterprise, and they are much more beholden to making sure they have plenty of options at lots of different price points and scalability to meet that companies needs. Source: Ex-IT Manager for an insurance company. Had to deal with Microsoft support a few times and when you are a large enterprise, they go above and beyond to make things work for you. Sucks that doesn't trickle down to regular folk.

Except Windows 10 is EoL in 15 months.

​@@SwitchedtoLinuxyou can still use Windows 10 after eol

@@xgui4-studios Not safely, unfortunately.

Actually, the space station dropped Windows for Debian Linux... www.computerweekly.com/blog/Open-Source-Insider/International-Space-Station-adopts-Debian-Linux-drops-Windows-Red-Hat-into-airlock