You forgot forced microsoft account.
this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2026
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And "Age verification"
And "Telemetry"
It's wild that ~~people~~ politicians think they're going to legislate linux into age verification -- as if the community isn't half DIY techies who'd sooner set up shop in international waters than change their preferred settings.
LOL telling the people who created the Darknet that you're going to control what they do with their computers
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I do feel sorry for them, but they can only lift themselves up. I can't really do anything to help. Linux has never been easier to set up than today. But it will always be a bit of a hurdle to make the switch.
I am very pro Linux and have been trying to migrate all my system but I got to say:
I installed windows 11 LTSC and disabled automatic updates, itβs not good but itβs also not this bad.
If your wondering why, pirating games isnβt very seamless on Linux yet,
Why would we pirate games when we have SuperTuxKart?
Don't forget SuperTux! It got a larger update just a few days ago.
Personally for me, i no long find pirating worth the time to set things up. The only recent good titles are mostly indi, and they are quite cheap. You can also find ultra cheap offers on not-so-old 3A titles. Also, my backlog is already 6-7 times longer of the rest of my remaining lifespan, so i have quite a bit to chose from.
Indeed. And honestly, for example GOG classics are worth to support and also come with the added benefit of being usable on modern systems out of the box, with emulation readily setup if needed.
If your wondering why, pirating games isnβt very seamless on Linux yet,
But playing on a SNES emulator is! :D
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Talk to your PC is just going to be Denholm Reynholm from IT Crowd.
How it started
How it's going
Hello? Hello computer! Hello?!
One day I will swap to Linux!! One day!!!
I thought about it for years. Then I did the switch and wished I'd done it years earlier.
Then I thought about switching from Ubuntu to something else for years. Then I switched to Debian and wished I'd had done that from the beginning.
I suck with computers, I have no idea what I'm doing 90% of the time, plus I'm dumb as hell in general but I still managed to do the swap with zero issues. Its easier and more straightforward than what people say. Just do it.
Cmon man. Join the right side!
It's really easy. Linux Mint. Bootable USB. Back up your important files on a separate harddrive. Plug in USB. Reboot. Install. Port old files over. Good as new
Bonus points for looking into how to optimize your partition structure, but it'd be fine to just let it do its thing. Also like... I guess you should probably make sure your audio and video cards are supported, but they like 98% are
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what are you waiting for?
That day is closer than ever.
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until the age verification brick hits you in the head
I will not use those services. I think im willing to give up any service except email. And if Im forced, I guess I will identify for email since its critical to have. But its all ridiculous and part of building dystopia.
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Three of those are the same thing (AI features) and all are easily handled through group policy.
You are using a version the has group policy right? Spoofing a Pro license with MAS Grave takes roughly 2 minutes from opening the website to finished, on a slow connection.
It's even easier if you don't set up a Microsoft Account during install of the OS. You did take the 30 seconds to look up the current bypass when you started, right?
It's even easier than that if you just don't use Microsoft Office. Open source office suites work fine on Windows.
Of course, Linux is the easiest way.
So you have to know 4+ workarounds before you've even got an OS installed. Sounds "easy."
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