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Windows 11’s push for mandatory Microsoft accounts is hitting a nerve with users who say the change complicates setup, privacy, and basic PC ownership (www.windowscentral.com)
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[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Great in the sense I don't have to bother for 6 years for a partition I will use less than 24 hours over that period of time haha.

So far I've used it to scan once (for some reason that day skan decided to not work) and to make a windows install USB for my SO.

I tried Expedition 33 thinking performance issues were a Linux thing by no, it's just like that.

So it's a long term unlikely to be used OS, and for that long support is great.

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

True true. Can't hurt to have. I went through great hassles to set up Linux besides my old win install and also made a VM out of it for those "I don't wanna boot again"-moments.

Turns out, I never actually needed either. And I was surely deep into win and half of my tools were self made and now obsolete. Everything just works and works better, more comfy and even faster.

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Actually, one more use case is my SO. Can't/won't use Linux, and I'm not fighting. But needs an up to date OS on the ancient lappet laptop, so 10 IOT it is.

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

Unless she's a pro, why does she even care? My wifey would just want her browser, mails and is already using libreoffice. Browser looks the same as win, so could the whole OS if one prefers.

But yeah sure, wouldn't force her to any OS either,I'm not suicidal 😁