cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/36600876
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the ingenious thing is that they are still making buck both ways
the house always wins, remember that Microsoft owns github
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MS knows that this happens it simply doesn't care if you are a domestic user but if you are a company they can bankrupt your company with fines
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they actually still 'win', because you're still using their platform.
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JUST. MOVE. TO. LINUX.
I don't get why people complain about windows when there's CLEARLY an alternative.
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It doesn't fit everyone's use case.
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As a Linux enjoyer, I agree with you but try not to sound so negative, it's off putting to normal folks.
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As a Linux user: PLEASE. CUT. IT. OUT.
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I'll use what I want, when I want, how I want, where I want.
Who are you to demand otherwise? People like you are the reason other see Linux people as hostile neck beards.
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Linux is enough for me personally, but some ppl use software like Photoshop so it's impossible unless they use winapps or something
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Virtual reality on my valve index is basically unplayable on Linux currently due to driver issues :(
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To a lot of people it's difficult. Vendor lock-in, support, cartels (the old kind) and familiarity are very important factors in choosing what you're going to use to compute things.
We should embrace the new ones and build things that they are going to use.
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I prefer a user-friendly interface, plus I regularly use VR with my Quest, which Linux does not like
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Show me a Linux spreadsheet app that does tables, which I use every day.
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They also tell people to use it if there's something wrong with their license.
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irm https://get.activated.win/ | iex
I love how ez it is now. XP was harder.
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QW4HD-DQCRG-HM64M-6GJRK-8K83T
sometimes i forget the names of the people but this XP activation key never leaves my brain
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Wow that's crazy! I've also gotten an XP key burned into my brain, but it's a different one. I had no idea there were multiple people memorised:
FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8
It used to have it's own Wikipedia page, but now it's just a mention on this page:
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Impressive I can't say I've ever memorized a serial key haha
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I have my own version of it:
eBay auction number 234839940Die hard in swabian dialect: https://youtu.be/WM35KnAx0gY
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Microsoft owns GitHub, which hosts mass graves. If they wanted people to stop using Windows and Office for free, they could make that happen by flipping a few switches. Given a choice between "pirating" Microsoft products and using an alternative, Microsoft wants you to use their stuff for free. Anything but give Linux any oxygen.
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Doesn't Massgrave have mirrors exactly for that reason?
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It's Microsoft's own activation mechanism, not some backdoor crack. The point is they know full well it exists and are doing nothing to curb it, because they don't want FOSS picking up steam. Microsoft doesn't make their money off consumers. They make their money off enterprises that don't view Linux environments as feasible because all their workers have ever known is Windows.
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Microsoft uses this script themselves.
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You should memorize this PowerShell command btw:
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Their business model is data harvesting. So more users is just a win. Still better than paying them
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Actually, Linux will win. >>INSERT CURRENT YEAR<< is the year for desktop Linux!
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More like Current Year + 1.
There isn't really a year of Linux. It's just consistent growth over time, with some boosts here and there.
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A script that even Microsoft uses?
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one batchy boi activates windows 11 so really there's no winners here
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If you're smart enough to know about MAS, I hope you're smart enough to have not "upgraded" to 11
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And I hope you're not dumb enough to stay on 10 after end of support. The 0-day fallout for the Nintendo 3DS was pretty big, people had been sitting on exploits for months waiting for the final EOL patch to drop. For a higher-value target like Windows 10? It's gonna be terrifying. Get "Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2024" from the mass grave if Windows is the only OS that works for you - it has lower hardware requirements and significantly less crapware. But don't stay on 10 past EOL.
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What's next, sideloading apps on your desktop??
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I present a third contender: Ignoring the watermark in the corner.
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Doesn't windows eventually shut down every hour when you don't activate it? Or is that just their shitty development VM that does that so I have to reinstall it every 30 days?
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Used to be the case for older windows version like windows 7 and XP. Not the case nowadays
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That must be the VM. Just build your own VM using a Windows ISO. I have a bunch of them, some still not activated.
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i think the only things these days for 'unactivated windows' (home, pro editions) is inability to 'customize the desktop' (change wallpaper, theme...) and occasional activation nags.
it doesn't quit working or shutdown (iirc enterprise or server trials do that after they expire, though) or quit getting updates or anything like that.
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I installed with the iso on the MS website. The only "problem" it's ever had that wasn't inherent to Windows was the watermark.
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1 gorilla Vs 500 men type situation
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Yeah its totally safe to run random executables you found online.
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It's not an executable, it's a script. You can read what it does
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I highly doubt they can't stop it and slightly suspect they don't want to. You can install any version of Windows (even enterprise), use MASgrave, wipe the whole thing, reinstall it, and it'll pass online activation as genuine. There's just no way that's an accident.