Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account
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This forced account shit is infuriating. Iβd see students with computers that cannot get to government-provided education sites because they are forced to sign up with a Microsoft account to use their PC, which forced them to setup a child account because of their age and therefore be under a parent account, which means the child account can only use Edge and can only go to whitelisted websites, which blocks some government education sites unless the parent account allows it through which they canβt until the student goes home.
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Why the fuck is a Microsoft account so important to Windows that running it without one is considered a "loophole"?
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Why the fuck is a Microsoft account so important to Windows that running it without one is considered a "loophole"?
My guess is that's it's easier to neatly package your data up for when they go to sell it.
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The sad thing is they know the large majority of users will comply. Most people put familiarity and convenience above their own privacy and general well-being.
Games. Most of the games I play don't play well with Linux.
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Ok, so setup a DC (in a VM on your linux laptop), install Win11 joined to that domain, create a local user, then leave the domain & destroy the VM...?
Or install Linux
You don't have to join a domain, it just skips the Microsoft account login and goes to create a local account
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Are they trying to kill windows on purpose?
I don't know what is going on at Microsoft. I'm starting to think that they are trying to pivot to a completely different business model. In addition to this Windows 11 crap and XBox seemingly being given up on, they appear to be losing their embedded market as well. In the past, if you saw any screen in an industrial setting, there's a good chance that there was the embedded Windows version behind that screen. Lately, all the new products are moving over to Linux.
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Let's install Windows 10 for protest
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There's nothing special about SteamOS. Linux has been available as an option from several manufacturers for years.
What we need to see is a major studio pushing for Linux like valve has been doing.
Imagine if call of duty or fortnite had a Linux promotion to have a penguin hat. That would help
What we need to see is a major studio pushing for Linux like valve has been doing.
That's it. That's literally what makes it special. You, me, and half the fediverse probably aren't going to use steam os unless maybe we buy a steam deck.
The fact that there's a multi-billion dollar company throwing money at both it and proton is what makes steam os special. Like it or not, that's how you get normal people to use shit.
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I have heard about identity provider software on Linux for self hosting.
Is that a possibility for family members' win11 accounts too, when they run into that problem in the future? Or is a M$ account the only way then?
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I didn't know Gentoo was named after a penguin.
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"Sucking off Bill Gates is bad, but Linux doesn't support video games"
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I didn't know Gentoo was named after a penguin.
Now I want a Chinstrap and a Southern Rockhopper Linux.
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I think that option was removed even on Pro a pretty long time ago, no? At least the last couple of times I installed W11 Pro the graphical option was nowhere to be found.
It used to be available easily enough that anyone could choose it if they didn't blindly click Next, then it got more and more hidden away and now I'm 99% sure you need the command unless you prep the ISO using Rufus and its function to create a local account for you. On that note, I wonder if this will affect the Rufus method too..It is under sign in option when you get to it then choose domain join. This get you to create a local account. Just did this to 5 new computers last week.
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I don't know what is going on at Microsoft. I'm starting to think that they are trying to pivot to a completely different business model. In addition to this Windows 11 crap and XBox seemingly being given up on, they appear to be losing their embedded market as well. In the past, if you saw any screen in an industrial setting, there's a good chance that there was the embedded Windows version behind that screen. Lately, all the new products are moving over to Linux.
They are, and have said they are.
Subscriptions are the wave of the future.
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Games. Most of the games I play don't play well with Linux.
What games do you play? I've been gaming exclusively on Linux since Windows 7 went EoS, and especially since the Steam Deck came out, I've had very few problems. That said I don't play competitive stuff, which is what tends to have anti-cheat rootkits.
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Every time I hear about Microsoft it makes me wanna take a shit
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Now I want a Chinstrap and a Southern Rockhopper Linux.
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This is only for the Home version of win 11.
But not for the home version of Wubuntu 11.
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It is under sign in option when you get to it then choose domain join. This get you to create a local account. Just did this to 5 new computers last week.
And it still tries to convince you to go MS account with it's, "even better, create a Microsoft account" link that's conveniently located where the Next button should be.
