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  • Microsoft removes guide on converting Microsoft accounts to Local, pushing for Microsoft sign-ins.
  • Instructions once available, now missing - likely due to company's preference for Microsoft accounts.
  • People may resist switching to Microsoft accounts for privacy reasons, despite company's stance.
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[–] [email protected] 243 points 4 months ago (76 children)

I was able to circumvent all of this on my Windows 10 machine, by installing Linux Mint.

I didn't even have to throw out my PC for not being good enough for Windows 11.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (6 children)

This is what I'm going to have to do as well since my computer isn't compatible with Win11. The only thing I'm worried about is gaming.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Depends on what you are playing, but gaming in Linux has come a long way. Some games won't work due to companies not enabling their (rootkit) "anti-cheats" for Linux, but other than that, there's more and more games that simply work by the day. Check out https://www.protondb.com/ to get an idea of what's working at the moment.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

I bought a SteamDeck as a way to test and see what works and what doesn't on Linux. So far all my games have run with no issues.

I'm likely going to be posting and searching through a lot of Linux forums as Win10 gets closer to EOL.

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