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Microsoft kills official way to activate windows without internet (www.neowin.net)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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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[–] octoham@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

sadly most online mp games have kernel-level anti-cheat that doesn't run on linux

[–] glog78@digitalcourage.social -1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

@octoham

i can't agree with this general statement. i guess it's important to understand that a lot of the multiplayer games you wanna currently play have some kind of protection which makes it currently not suitable to run on linux.

just to give a different view mp games which currently seem to work ( checked protondb ):
- Eldenring Nightreign
- Dark and Darker (used to work)
- Helldivers & Helldivers 2
- Arc Raiders
- Counter Strike
- Overwatch
- DOOM in very different versions
- Quake Live
- Hunt Showdown 1896
- Dead by Daylight
- Warframe

with all respect for the games you currently love so much, please don't make general statements.

A personal advice i want to give: Only change to linux if you are also willing to change yourself and adapt. Linux is not Windows like, Mac OS is not Windows , like a Playstation is not a XBOX or a Switch.

[–] octoham@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

i know a lot of the mp games i play have an anti-cheat that doesn't support linux, i'm blaming the AC devs here, not linux.

as for my general statement, i used this handy little website: https://areweanticheatyet.com/

note how i said most mp games w anti-cheat can't run on linux. i think 59% qualifies as 'most'.

i'm rlly not sure why you're so defensive here ngl, i love linux. i use linux on one of my pcs for development, i'm not attacking linux in any way.