Linux Memes

1005 readers

1 users here now

A community for posting memes relating to linux!

Also check out:

Original icon base courtesy of lewing@isc.tamu.edu and The GIMP

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

Ategon@programming.dev

150

Everytime lmao (media.piefed.social)

submitted 1 month ago by cm0002@piefed.social to c/linux_memes@programming.dev

19 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] 6nk06@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Easy if you have a Microsoft account. I don't.

[–] salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can get around the account requirement with one or two commands during the install. Should be trivial for anyone capable of running Linux

[–] xylol@leminal.space 14 points 1 month ago

I was trying to explain to someone why I used Linux and their reasoning for not wanting to was because they didnt want to have to input commands. I told them how I don't have to input any commands to get Linux installed but do to get windows installed and they didnt believe me

[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I don't understand this. I've had two win 11 installations over about 2 years and I've never had a Microsoft account or had to log in to one. Am I doing something wrong?

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

Nah you are using it correctly. I would advise everyone to avoid the Microsoft store, I would advise everyone to avoid the play store and app store as well, but Apple showed Google and Microsoft that they can make a lot of money locking people into using them

[–] dontsayaword@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

You're doing something right. Theres been a lot of news about them taking that ability away.

[–] 6nk06@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You missed the change where you need an account.

[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Couldn't you also make a throwaway ms account?

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Couldn't you also make a throwaway ms account?

I could, but them I'm up a creek later if I need to use any recovery functionality, as it all ties back to that MS cloud account.

It's certainly possible to get working, disable all of the cloud saves and telemetry, and then just save the MS account in a password vault for later.

But all of that is much more work than clicking "next" a few times in the Linux Mint installer. ¯_(ツ)_/¯