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Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account (www.theverge.com)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Steam OS 3.8 ... Any moment now 😁

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Looks like I’ll finally be migrating my final workstation off of Windows 11.

I mean, I still have a while. The Dell T7910 still meets all of the Windows 11 Workstation 24H2 requirements, so Rufus only needs to modify that one part of the installer. And once I have Windows installed, I can do upgrades over Windows Update.

But once the machine gets too old for that…

At least OpenSUSE meets most of my needs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Ok, so this solidifies my desire to never buy a Windows PC/laptop and why my switch to Mac was a good choice a few years ago. However Mac gaming is nowhere near where it should be right now and I was thinking about getting a cheap Windows laptop for games that aren't available on Mac.

I remember a push a few years ago to get some linux distros pre-installed on some OEM hardware but I didn't hear much of anything past the hype. Anyone have any good OEM brands that have linux installed instead of Windows and are relatively affordable?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Framework laptops can come with optionally no OS if you choose, and I can attest to their build quality being quite good.

I know there are some brands that will have Linux pre-installed, but I don't know enough about them to comment.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

I have heard about identity provider software on Linux for self hosting.

Is that a possibility for family members' win11 accounts too, when they run into that problem in the future? Or is a M$ account the only way then?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

One or all of em.

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