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Now when trying to activate the OS by attempting to call the phone number for Microsoft Product Activation, an automated voice response says the following: "Support for product activation has moved online.

Linux is this way, guys.

    • PlasticExistence@lemmy.worldEnglish
      272·
      3 days ago

      The moment I needed Microsoft’s permission to use my computer after installing a graphics card, I made an image of the drive, wiped it and installed a Linux distribution. That was 2008, and I’ve been a very happy computer user since.

      I know not everyone can make that switch, but it’s easier than ever before, and Valve has really changed the calculus with Proton. Gaming was the biggest thing holding back Linux adoption (IMO).

      • metodisto@lemmy.worldEnglish
        121·
        3 days ago

        I’ve gone back and forth between Linux and Windows as my daily driver- biggest problem for me was and still is lack of Adobe Creative Cloud support/good photo editors. Wound up switching to Mac for work stuff but use a SteamDeck and run Bazzite on a gaming rig hooked up to TV.

        • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          All we need for the year of the linux desktop is Adobe, Autodesk and Outlook :)

        • madcaesar@lemmy.worldEnglish
          12·
          3 days ago

          Adobe is sadly the only thing that still requires windows.

          Fuck Adobe and everyone there, they were the OGs that started the subscription bullshit for software and they had such dominance no business could say no, thus no schools could say no.

          And they’ve just been buying up competition since, so no one can challenge them.

          Adobe and Oracle are the software equivalent of cancer.

          • W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            1·
            2 days ago

            Fuck Adobe and everyone there, they were the OGs that started the subscription bullshit for software….

            For home use, sure. For business use in a business that’s regulated, it’s a godsend. No longer do I have to fight with management about why we need to upgrade Adobe Acrobat even though we “just” bought it 5 years ago.

            You pay and it stays up to date. No more vulnerabilities that go unpatched because “we just bought the software” (5 years ago and it’s out of support).