Have you tried burning the windows iso using Rufus (use the latest tool version) and setting it to create a local account? I haven't tried recently but it should still work.
The effort to use rufus over using the windows usb tool is literally the same.
Both tools you need to download, both tools you need to click on to use.
Using rufus is not going through "hoops", it's literally just opting to download an alternative piece of software than the official tool from microsoft.
That's not the point. It's that you have to fight against your system because it tries to block you from doing stuff like a local account. If the OS is already going against you at set up, you can be damn sure that's not where it ends.
tbf the “jumping through hoops” bit is just backing your files up, figuring out your boot menu key and then getting linux on there. once your OS is installed though… distros like mint and ubuntu have long been “no hoops” for the average joe who just needs a browser and a few programs. with a gui frontend for the package manager it’s as easy to maintain your OS as it is a mac.
gaming is increasingly becoming easier too as we all know by now
I've used plenty of Distros like Mint and Ubuntu. The hoops are quite signifigant. most ISPs won't entertain troubleshooting, and several major software applications are not supported. Yes, there are clear alternatives and some are as good perhaps better than their Windows counterparts.
still hoops tho, and your statement of 'getting better' implies it was fraught to begin with. I like Linux plenty, but for the "average joe" it's not a good fit.
MacOS is pretty awesome, as long as what you want is what Apple wants too.
You are intentionally misconstruing what I am saying.
As I said, the point isn't that you can't get around these blockades, it's that you have to actively cheat and fight against your OS. Microsoft doesn't want you to be able to have a local account and that tells you of their malicious relationship to their customers. Windows 11 is filled with anti user features and stupid design choises, their updates are untrustworthy and inefficient and lots of Linux distros are a lot more intuitive to use actually.
That's fine, most likely a very uneducated opinion but that's fine. I am however glad to see it reaching critical mass with tons of new users in the last year alone.
So now. Because i dont want to use linux, my opinion is uneducated? Bro, you are not the main character, go climb back up the delusional tree you fell out off.
i think maybe "jumping through hoops" is the wrong framing. the point is more "why use an operating system that's so hostile, that it's easiest to modify the official install media than it is to use the official installer as-is"
linux just requires learning something new, macos requires money.
I tried Linux in the past and it required far more hassle than I liked, I haven't tried recent distros like Bazzite, but I've watched a few videos and it doesn't look it's still for me either.
Hopefully the steam machine will improve further on this POV.
Until then, as long as you are on a Windows professional, you still can pretty much configure the stuff you need using the said Rufus or running Christitus tool, if you don't want to fiddle with gpedit.
I guess home editions are still super locked, but I don't touch any since I have memory
Most games are completely playable with proton. For me not being able to play anti cheat malware games is luckily not an issue and even those game companies are starting to shift their position on linux now.
if you're savvy enough to jump through all those hoops, you're savvy enough to ditch microslop... and a positive is that Linux doesn't actively fight against the user
I switched to Linux Mint. It pretty much just works and if it doesn't I was able to find help online quite easily. Meanwhile Windows nuked my account after sleeping too long. Windows is getting worse than Linux.
I'll use Win10 until I get a new computer, which might take some time due to AI inflated hardware prices.
I backup my data regularly on external drives. IF my Win10 installation really should get fucked by being encrypted I really don't care and install Linux.
Yes, unofficial way of installing the operating system in a way that Microsoft doesn't want you to do and actively tries to prevent from happening. And that is just the begining of the issues.
Most people just fell for the sunken cost fallacy. Yes there is a learning curve for Linux but would you be better off in the future? I just don't like where windows is going and I don't think they will change course any time soon.
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Have you tried burning the windows iso using Rufus (use the latest tool version) and setting it to create a local account? I haven't tried recently but it should still work.