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Upcoming Windows 11 builds cannot install without internet and Microsoft Account

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268 points tech234a | 2 comments | 29 Mar 25 04:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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mythz ◴[29 Mar 25 06:23 UTC] No.43513251[source]▶
All these user hostile behavior finally tipped me over the edge last year after I started to get Windows 10 EOL popups. No way I was going to "upgrade" to a ad/spyware/subscription ridden MS marketing platform and be constantly nagged at to try out more of their services.

Moved to a Fedora Desktop, liberating to move back to an conflict-free OS whose primary focus is to serve its users, imagine that.

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1. jwrallie ◴[29 Mar 25 09:32 UTC] No.43514077[source]▶
I've been running the Xfce spin of Fedora for the last year, and it is the most stable OS I have since forever.

For the few programs that really need Windows, I use Qemu/KVM with Virt-Manager and Samba for sharing files.

I wish to keep using this setup, I just hope buying hardware with good Linux support in the future does not become too difficult. I fear moving away from x86 will make things harder.

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2. throwaway48476 ◴[29 Mar 25 11:28 UTC] No.43514618[source]▶
Judging by the price of Qualcomm laptops x86 isn't going away any time soon.