I have, but seem to have an abnormal talent in breaking it or just doing things it doesn't like and fights me at every turn, so to windows I am mostly stuck. I'll use linux occasionally for specific use-cases which it seems to come pre-installed on Mint or are trivial to install, but not as a daily driver. Frankly, I'm knowledgeable enough at windows I can work around the bloat and annoyances for the most part, but getting a comparable setup and user-experience on linux if even theoretically possible would take months at least of effort to setup, not like some people who could switch in a few days and get used to it in like a month at most because they don't use anything special or generally primarily windows focused.
@@MindCaged i find many people try to go for the more complicated stuff right off the bat. There are some distros/set ups thay generally work for most things. But end ofnthe day its your PC and you should use it how you like.
microsoft TOS has turned into "we can do whatever we want to your computer" and for whatever reason every shitty forced update seems to fuck with firefox even more
I haven't encountered any problems. Firefox works. That said, I rarely use it. I'm not a fan. I've also never logged into an online MS account on W11. As for updates, I want them anyway.
Disabling local accounts will make it impossible to use the computer without a internet connection. That is the worst idea ever. Microsoft needs to preserve local accounts to ensure that people can use their computers. It's kind of important.
@@ThePlayerOfGames Well it seems Microsoft is trying to online-ify everything, I do hope they have a instruction manual for people who don't have a Microsoft account, lol. Imagine getting a fresh Windows 11 or Windows 12 install and having to login and is rendered completely unable to do so, that's what this feels like. So I do hope they have a smart plan to solve that issue with it, perhaps they are then implying that Microsoft account creation to be created on smartphones? via Linux devices? that's a bit silly though, they need to have local accounts it's silly if they don't have those anymore, it's just not right to disabling local accounts for the reasons mentioned. Login credentials to a Microsoft account should not be a requirement but a optional way to logging in, and that's final, if Microsoft wants to online-ify everything that's just gonna ruin the authentication login system for Microsoft Windows and be less user-friendly. Being user-friendly is what Microsoft Windows used to be known for, so it's like CIA, NSA and other corrupt agencies are trying to disrupt by planting their own agenda into Bill Gates Windows operating system to ensure all users are logged in and online on their devices so that they can monitor users using their 0-day zero click vulnerabilities and what not while they use their computers. That's how I think they will be using this, but then again there's always gonna be agents from the CIA and NSA that push back against this idea and will proclaim it's not like that, lol. So it's gonna be funny to see what approach they use to infiltrate peoples computers in the future, possibly just via Remote Desktop vulnerabilities to snoop on anyone online. Privacy is kind of gone in 2024, so I'd assume that's their whole idea, to make a surveillance society full of tyranny and control and forcing everyone to comply with Microsofts new path forward to allow for online surveillance of their computers. It's just weird and bizarre but they are kind of already doing it, they just want to make it easier for them to do it today because of all the 0-days that get patched eventually. That's my thoughts around why this is happening.
You can still create a local account on Windows Pro using the work/school option, then clicking “sign in options”, then choosing Domain Join (it doesn’t actually make you join a domain, just lets you setup with local account)
Kind of the point though, for the average user, it's out of the realm of possibility due to the obfuscation. Why have it named as "Domain Join" when it just sets up a local profile? Windows has been throwing, not to say it's anything new though...
@@kemari47 I totally agree. I would be okay with most of this if they didn't already charge you $200 for the OS... The domain join method also does not work on Windows Home
@@tribes2archivist There are a bunch of ways to get Windows 11 keys for around $20 these days too. Tek Syndicate always has links in his videos. I can't vouch for the site (I always use disposable cards -- wouldn't trust with my everyday cards) but the keys have always worked well and as far as I know legitimate.
My computer, my data, my account - it's very simple! Also - if you have any issues whatsoever with the internet - any online account is an absolute no-no - especially if you're a business!
And the games with "anti cheat" that *doesn't* play well with Linux are always the games that are trying to squeeze every bit of money and attention out of the users, so it's win-win to switch to Linux
Where is the number one Dan lover from Twitter? The one who loves Dan so much it is unreal? We need that dude here ASAP. Also, Dan needs to go to Japan.
This was really informative for me, I'd definitely appreciate more updates about this topic. I really like Anything Else but it's also nice to hear you explain a topic you are knowledgable about without getting trolled by D-man the entire time lol.
"why do this"? because they can't track you nearly as efficiently without an account, and that's literally all they care about. I miss 90's microsoft so much, monopoly and all
I am pretty sure you can tell the windows 11 installer to create you a local account by choosing to do a domain join and not actually joining a domain once the installation is done. That first article looks like it is referring to getting rid of a trick which allows you to install 11 on a pc whose hardware isn’t officially supported by the OS
A lot of folks are still not aware that they are proudly showing around downsampled copies of their photos, with it becoming ever harder to get your actual hi-res photos.
This already has been my final straw, I switched to arch linux a few months ago and now the only thing I use Windows for is when Forza gets a bit too stuttery running on Proton. You, reading this, you can do it too!
The good old case of the guy who let a corporation take control of his PC is somehow surprised the corporation took control of his PC. Truly a tale as old as time. The guy will literally wait and hope for legislation instead of even starting to consider Linux. Here's the top 3 pros of using Linux: - You are now gay and furry (maybe even trans depending on the distro) - Everyone thinks you are super cool (it's a secret tho) - You can't play League of Legends anymore (even if you really want to)
I was surprised that Microsoft allowed me to opt out of an online Windows account when I subscribed to Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, etc.) You can tell they're itching to bundle Windows into the 365 suite or forge some sort of mandatory "connected experience" between the two.
Nobara is a fedora-based distro by linux gaming expert Glorious Eggroll. Most gamers that don't know how to use linux and want to try it should use it because it's game ready on install with all the tweaks that makes gaming that extra bit more perfomant while also increasing combatibilty. Alternatively, Debian 12 is pretty good and light, better if you have an AMD GPU. It'll be your more set it and forget it kind of setup
Honestly, as someone still relatively new to Linux (~2 years of off and on casual use), I found Manjaro KDE and the Arch package manager to be a much more intuitive, fleshed out, and more user friendly than Fedora/Nobara with the Yum Extender package manager was, and I also had an overall buggier experience with Nobara. While I fully acknowledge that Linux gaming would likely not be in the state it's currently in without GloriousEggrolls contributions, and I really wanted to like Nobara, but my experience with it makes it hard for me to recommend Nobara over other popular and better documented distros like POP, Mint, or Manjaro. But that could just be me, as I've been told that someone new to Linux should not start out with an Arch distro, and starting out with Arch definitely made the way Fedora does many things seem REALLY weird to me. But I almost always saw Arch/Manjaro leading in the most relevant benchmarks to me, so if I was going to learn to use Linux either way, I might as well start with the distro performing best for my use cases.
I wouldn't even mind that much, at least for a work computer where it's helpful to have files easily accessible by people you work with, but Office ecosystem is just SO painfully slow no matter what network or PC I've been using, and the web version of apps that I know they're wanting to make the only versions we can use just suck.
The annoying thing about windows is that microsoft decides on how you should be using your computer and then punishes you if you dont do it their way. Sometime during windows 10 I moved away from windows over to linux and its surprisingly easy to use. When you are super fresh you run into a few issues but after a while of using it there is very rarely any issues. Also the bit about "anything with a decent anti wont run on linux" is not true there are a few anti cheats that fully support linux and there is no such thing as a decent anti cheat. They are all ineffective and can be bypassed with software or easily bypassed with $10 of hardware.
As you already said its a terrible idea to alienate your powerusers. I view them similar to pioneer species. These are for example plants that can survive in conditions that most lifeforms cannot. And through them surviving in an harsh environment they change it and make it habitable for more sensitive species. If windows truly loses all or most of their power users to linux then these users *will* improve it and thus make it comfortable and modern enough for the average user to swap. Its only a matter of time.
Windows 11 made me finally jump to Linux. The ux felt like such a downgrade compared to 10. That combined with the feeling of not being “in control” of my computer (vague I know, and I’ve felt that for years). If I still played a lot of games it would be a harder sell, but, I don’t play games anywhere near as much as I did, so it was an easy transition for me. I feel for those who do a lot of gaming and want to switch but feel trapped on Windows, though
@@ThePyrosirys But they haven't had a good reason to jump ship yet. Shifting around menus, interfaces, & settings and adding bloatware is really annoying, but its not restrictive. If Microsoft actually starts narrowing the scope of what the user can do, more users will actually have to leave because they literally cannot run their computers like they used to. The more Microsoft constricts Windows, the more users will be squeezed out to Linux/Mac. More Mac & Linux users means more demand for Mac & Linux compatible software, which will make it more accessible to the less tech savvy but still on the fence Windows user. If Windows 12+ actually becomes subscription based, I think that would cause an exodus of even more casual-ish users (i.e. gamers).
@@Norphesius What you're saying makes sense, but it hasn't happened. Windows has been doing anti user shit for a while and the users haven't been switching to linux.
Oh, Win-doze! I have used Windows forever, dual boot to Linux now, I only use Win-dose for my VR stuff, ready to sell VR and ditch Win-dose. I only game on consoles now! MS has lost their way! Their latest attempt to kill dual boot a prime example. Bought a mini-Pc as a project, removed Win 11 Pro, only run Mint OS, it does every thing that I need! My dual boot back up.
As for your comments on gaming: Steam/Wine/Proton all that jazz is beginner material. You can play any game you want, even those with kernel deep anticheats, if you're willing to tinker a little. All you need is KVM and a passthrough compatible GPU and you're good to go
Dan being based, happens more often tham people may think. I just don't really understand why Microsoft is trying to completely remove the ability to make local accounts. Like i get not keeping it supported or updated. But why remove the few ways we have to do it?
They say you can make a local account when you login by going into the settings but even when you do so you're not fully disconnected or unlinked from the Microsoft account it's so stupid
imagine internalizing the "everything needs government permission" mindset so much that you have to ask "why hasn't the government defined what a browser is yet?"
If Microsoft does end up litigating this, they wouldn't be doing so with any intention of seeing the trial through or getting a ruling or even legally outlawing these programs (although it would be a nice bonus for them if they did that). Instead, they would be litigating it with the sole purpose of draining their bank account in legal costs and fees, and leveraging that to settle out of court to get them shut down, and make an example out of them. It doesn't matter whether it's legal or not, the threat of getting sued would effectively chill any interest in such tools or workarounds.
I had to finally start using online account because I built new pc. That was only way I could migrate my windows activation key. You can do it via copying they key code, but that requires specific type of windows. Now, if I do reinstall windows, I could just do it offline since this pc is now registered to that key.
Computer shops need to use local accounts for setting up new computers otherwise if they sign in with a shop MS account the windows activation key and BitLocker gets linked to them and causes a bunch of issues
Even if Microsoft blocks "everything" to create local user accounts, power users will still be able to make custom releases of windows (legally, too, maybe unless they change their TOS or something) which removes that requirement. In fact one could argue that it's easier to use a custom release from a reputable source than to jump through the hoops that existed previously, namely due to the fact that custom releases can have all sorts of other tweaks automatically implemented.
The least they should be forced to do is warn the buyer that Windows cannot be used offline, just like online video games are forced to do. Obviously it's not because people don't know the thing doesn't work offline, but it's more of a statement, a reality check, and it should big in big bold letters too. Ads directly baked into your OS is one thing, but usability of a product you paid for is a whole different matter. That's my opinion. But I don't care that much at the end of the day, I managed to replaced 99% of my workflow with Linux, although I feel for the average Joe who doesn't have the time to invest into how to use or what even is Linux.
Excited for dan content! I'll probably watch these, but it's worth noting if you want them to pop off as much as possible, you'd get more engagement from organizing your thoughts beforehand (and jump-cutting if necessary) so you can fill the watch time with more certain/engaging words. This is sort of a podcast-y rambl-y style, though if that's just what you want to go for, then go for it!
Microsoft supports using an answer file that allows you to force a local account. But I wouldn’t recommend it if you aren’t a power user or don’t have any interest in becoming one.
It's annoying that anticheat has a griphold on what os you can use for gaming. Like they can figure out kernel level detection, but can't be bothered to make it supported on linux?
Look at which games have anti cheat that plays with Linux and which games don't Now make sets of games that have exploitative micro-transactions, DLC, and data harvesting You might see the overlap is over 50%
the "line in the sand" for me was when I realized Windows Update was purposefully undoing my settings... specifically the ones regarding Windows Update itself. I've lost WEEKS worth of work to gosh darn Windows Update rebooting my damn computer all the damn time. Linux on the other hand? 200+ days uptime and counting right now. Rebooting is for losers
You can still make a local account by creating an unattended installation. I'm not sure if that's what Rufus is doing but it's how I do it with NTLite.
I've been probably 50/50 Windows and Linux for decades. The only reason I use Windows is for work (Lightroom and Photoshop is required to work with clients, for personal is use darktable is OK, but on Linux there's not a single image editing tool that could come close to CS3, much less current Photoshop) or on another machine built entirely for games that include the cancerous anti cheat software. For work I could easily move to a Mac, but that wouldn't solve the games issue so I just sit on my own machines and a M1 iPad Pro that's still handling most of my raw processing. Otherwise, I've been using openSUSE since it changed from SUSE as well as Fedora since release. I wish I could use them full time, but I don't have a solution for anti cheat for companies off the top of my head (and my programming realm is low level OS/Hardware, not games). Software will just stay bad (shame, tools like Blender for it's possible to have industry level tools that aren't cryptic UX in open source) for the foreseeable future probably.
It's almost like the utility of the law should matter more than how easy it is to arbitrarily categorize-- with each case being evaluated on its own merits. 🙄
If you have NAS or older windows machines you need local account for it to handle network shares without prompting passwords when you have same user and password on all machines, since otherwise it will use part of your email as username instead. I’ll keep using local accounts until it’s impossible and guess we’ll see where to go from there…
You won't encounter this problem if you're doing the right thing by never installing an unmodified Windows ISO. Use Nlite to trim all the bloat/spyware and build your own ISO to install unattended with a local account. It's a very easy thing to do these days, and as much as MS would like to prevent people from doing it, they'll never be able to stop it.
One detail will be difficult Microsoft to argue away, the question: who is the victim of say, surgically modifying a Windows install to reduce the draconian limitations or remove features that you never wanted and are otherwise wasting your resources, burning your hardware out faster, risking your information security, and limiting your ability to use the machine without access to internet connectivity? The answer is, Microsoft is the only entity who cares. Well, for now. The next question is, if I'm a rational human trying to use my computer and feeling that I need to make these modifications, what is the justification for Microsoft forcing me to submit to their precise implementation of all of the various components of the system, and doing so while holding your legitimacy to use their OS hostage? There are only two ways they can justify that position. You're stealing from us by using our OS and then breaking tools we count on to monetize and provide you with the price you recieved the operating system for. Or, more ominously, you're protecting yourself from the capability to have all your electronic activities tracked, which is now going to be mandated by laws and regulations that you don't have the right to circumvent and we're being forced to implement, so that agencies that we aren't allowed to talk about our obligations to can more easily track well, everybody. They'll use harm to children or criminal groups as justification. Aimbots are a flimsy reasoning compated to that. Obviously unless you would make the claim that I am being irrational, modifying the core parts of my system is an expression of making a choice regarding the operation of my own hardware. I think it should be incumbent on Microsoft to prove that I have malicious intent, which would be hard to prove considering its quite arguable that taking control of my own login authentication in-house would protect me from a wide variety of threats inherent in being forced into an authentication scheme that by definition balloons its exposure from localhost all the way to a global distributed online system with opaque implementation, all based on trust in a company that has repeatedly proven to have its own interests ahead of the users. Maybe I just want to use my machine for offline work, while up in the mountains on a retreat where social media, email and voice calling, and cell phones and tablets are disallowed, but I've been given permission to do some electronic music creation on my laptop as long as I'm not being disruptive. The fact that the laws that concern using tools to unlock software limitations have been at least loosely defined in this section 230, but that we also don't laws regarding our rights to configuring our own machines just because an operating system vendor doesn't like how we want to use them, and will bully us out of the most widely supported OS just because Microsoft has decided so? That's not a balanced legal framework. Unfortuantely I see a lot of ways they will continue to clamp down. Eventually Microsoft will just be able to say "It's not our doing". I expect that the right to install and run custom Linux versions to be banned by a decade from now on the open net, after some publicly shocking cyberattacks clearly attributable to customized linux machines using protocols that securely communicate without backdoors, which could easily justify a push for total law enforcement access to anything online, including your linux machines, unless you accept mandated spyware packages or the machine isn't ever used online. With the Telegram CEO being arrested, tell me I'm wrong.
Rufus is just automating a pretty basic slipstreaming process. I have no doubt MS could remove that feature if they wanted to. Although, it's gonna piss off an army of techs.
I wouldn't consider an anticheat to be protected under 230, because it's not blocking/filtering content from the web, it's blocking the user from interacting with the web in certain ways. I don't know if 230 works both ways like that, but I imagine that 230 is geared for filtering received content. At that point, I'd say that cheats are protected by 230 as well, because they filter the content as the user desires.
ive never had to to anything weird to get a local account, you can just type a name into the email field, it'll tell you theres an error and then just give you a button to make a local account
I'm not sure if that works anymore with the latest build of windows 11 because I've tried that several times when trying to set up the laptop and it wouldn't let me.
the sad state of the world shows when you have to explain dan why cheating should be illegal and blocking ads should be legal. the real problem these days is that you have to make a rule for everything for ppl like dan. that is the real cultural problem in the world today. always push every limit and never do what is right do what is allowed.
People like you are so remedial, you have no idea what market share windows has in the server space, it's the MOST common OS for business. Personal use is all you think about it makes me so angry you talk with such confidence
If Windows went to a subscription model, I wonder how pc makers would react. I doubt consumers would like the taste of having to buy hardware and pay a monthly fee. Linux has come a long way, even in gaming with stuff like Proton. Wouldn't be surprised to see it come on more machines if Microsoft took this route.
I don't think cheating is a good analogy. Cheating in a multiplayer game harms other players experience in immediate and obvious way. Using adblock, youtube vanced, etc is strictly between me and service provider. Nobody else would even notice (unless they already violate my privacy in egregious ways).
Lol i just upgraded my gpu.....if i have to limit myself to linux i'll def reconsider pc gaming as a hobby as a whole. Edit: just finished the video. Very interesting. Here's another sub
I wish game devs would develop their games for linux, I've got a beefy gaming computer, but most of what I do is not gaming. Seems more and more reasonable to just have a seperate linux system for everything, but money.
Hey Dan, I am wondering whether us power users will have to go to the lengths of running a domain server on our network to auth a Windows login? It's the only solution I think they won't block because win server makes them so much money as it is, and changing it will fk with too many businesses for them to eat. Interested in what you think about that
Reject Windows embrace linux
The last version of Windows I enjoyed using was Windows XP.
Windows 7 was great too. And then Microsoft decided to give the middle finger to their customers.
@@dervaretyndigtland4760 They've been trying to push SaaS more and more with each windows update. You don't buy the OS anymore you rent it.
I have, but seem to have an abnormal talent in breaking it or just doing things it doesn't like and fights me at every turn, so to windows I am mostly stuck. I'll use linux occasionally for specific use-cases which it seems to come pre-installed on Mint or are trivial to install, but not as a daily driver. Frankly, I'm knowledgeable enough at windows I can work around the bloat and annoyances for the most part, but getting a comparable setup and user-experience on linux if even theoretically possible would take months at least of effort to setup, not like some people who could switch in a few days and get used to it in like a month at most because they don't use anything special or generally primarily windows focused.
@@MindCaged i find many people try to go for the more complicated stuff right off the bat. There are some distros/set ups thay generally work for most things. But end ofnthe day its your PC and you should use it how you like.
my dad told me he had his shoes off in his dreams lately and I almost bursted out laughing, he wouldn't have understood
no shoes huh
Wait he had his shoes off?
Then his feet may touch grass
@@tomorrow6 There wouldn't be any grass in the movie theatre
Dan dan my man with the van.
I wonder what he keeps in his van? 🤔
@@barryaran6147 iguana hides
Dan, he’s got a van, and a plan , he doesn’t live in a can, he’s a sophisticated man
Who is trans
@@PizzaAlec Does windows work better on LAN? Does wifi hinder our connection with our ISP's WAN?
Dan the type of guy to try and fix a leaky faucet with duct tape and a CZcams tutorial from 2007.
Handy Dan
webg6512, the type of guy to make sure to get the latest leaky faucet tech updates.
Microsoft is the hero Linux needs. Who'd have thought?
I support this idea, but no. This will have no effect on broader consumer data
It SUCKS that this is the case, but people don't pay attention
Dan, bringing us prerecorded content, what a lad! 🙇♂
microsoft TOS has turned into "we can do whatever we want to your computer" and for whatever reason every shitty forced update seems to fuck with firefox even more
I haven't encountered any problems. Firefox works. That said, I rarely use it. I'm not a fan. I've also never logged into an online MS account on W11. As for updates, I want them anyway.
@@toby9999Firefox can handle my average of 8-12k tabs, Chrome chokes on a hundred.
Dan, do more of these please. This was very interesting to me. No Joke.
of all the things to upload a video on, how am I not surprised Dan chose this LMAO
We love you buddy, never disappear on us
Disabling local accounts will make it impossible to use the computer without a internet connection. That is the worst idea ever. Microsoft needs to preserve local accounts to ensure that people can use their computers. It's kind of important.
They don't care 😊
@@ThePlayerOfGames Well it seems Microsoft is trying to online-ify everything, I do hope they have a instruction manual for people who don't have a Microsoft account, lol.
Imagine getting a fresh Windows 11 or Windows 12 install and having to login and is rendered completely unable to do so, that's what this feels like.
So I do hope they have a smart plan to solve that issue with it, perhaps they are then implying that Microsoft account creation to be created on smartphones? via Linux devices? that's a bit silly though, they need to have local accounts it's silly if they don't have those anymore, it's just not right to disabling local accounts for the reasons mentioned. Login credentials to a Microsoft account should not be a requirement but a optional way to logging in, and that's final, if Microsoft wants to online-ify everything that's just gonna ruin the authentication login system for Microsoft Windows and be less user-friendly. Being user-friendly is what Microsoft Windows used to be known for, so it's like CIA, NSA and other corrupt agencies are trying to disrupt by planting their own agenda into Bill Gates Windows operating system to ensure all users are logged in and online on their devices so that they can monitor users using their 0-day zero click vulnerabilities and what not while they use their computers. That's how I think they will be using this, but then again there's always gonna be agents from the CIA and NSA that push back against this idea and will proclaim it's not like that, lol.
So it's gonna be funny to see what approach they use to infiltrate peoples computers in the future, possibly just via Remote Desktop vulnerabilities to snoop on anyone online. Privacy is kind of gone in 2024, so I'd assume that's their whole idea, to make a surveillance society full of tyranny and control and forcing everyone to comply with Microsofts new path forward to allow for online surveillance of their computers. It's just weird and bizarre but they are kind of already doing it, they just want to make it easier for them to do it today because of all the 0-days that get patched eventually. That's my thoughts around why this is happening.
You can still create a local account on Windows Pro using the work/school option, then clicking “sign in options”, then choosing Domain Join (it doesn’t actually make you join a domain, just lets you setup with local account)
Kind of the point though, for the average user, it's out of the realm of possibility due to the obfuscation. Why have it named as "Domain Join" when it just sets up a local profile? Windows has been throwing, not to say it's anything new though...
@@kemari47 I totally agree. I would be okay with most of this if they didn't already charge you $200 for the OS...
The domain join method also does not work on Windows Home
Thanks, I'll remember this when I'm forced to move off Windows 10
@@tribes2archivist There are a bunch of ways to get Windows 11 keys for around $20 these days too. Tek Syndicate always has links in his videos. I can't vouch for the site (I always use disposable cards -- wouldn't trust with my everyday cards) but the keys have always worked well and as far as I know legitimate.
@@tribes2archivistyou could just go to Linux and not have to worry about all this stuff instead
My computer, my data, my account - it's very simple! Also - if you have any issues whatsoever with the internet - any online account is an absolute no-no - especially if you're a business!
"Our operating system, our data!" -Microsoft
The EU should prohibit usage of any Microsoft product.
Can't believe Dan talked about 1 topic for longer than 20 seconds and didn't need cat videos running in the background.
Anti-Cheat's do support Linux but the game developers have to themselves enable that support in their games
And the games with "anti cheat" that *doesn't* play well with Linux are always the games that are trying to squeeze every bit of money and attention out of the users, so it's win-win to switch to Linux
Where is the number one Dan lover from Twitter? The one who loves Dan so much it is unreal? We need that dude here ASAP. Also, Dan needs to go to Japan.
Niin miksi Japaniin?
@@ergot1803 Cause Dan Dan no Japan
OS being made SaaS just feels evil, they gonna make me go full luddite
That or go Linux?
Switch to Linux Mint, learn the system, and if you feel brave distro hop
God, I love Dan so much
This was really informative for me, I'd definitely appreciate more updates about this topic. I really like Anything Else but it's also nice to hear you explain a topic you are knowledgable about without getting trolled by D-man the entire time lol.
"why do this"? because they can't track you nearly as efficiently without an account, and that's literally all they care about. I miss 90's microsoft so much, monopoly and all
Even then, look at the amount of data that Windows 95 sends back about you. It's always talking to home
@@ThePlayerOfGames I didn't have Internet back then, but, seriously...? My whole life has been a damn lie then
I am pretty sure you can tell the windows 11 installer to create you a local account by choosing to do a domain join and not actually joining a domain once the installation is done. That first article looks like it is referring to getting rid of a trick which allows you to install 11 on a pc whose hardware isn’t officially supported by the OS
Rufus
Thank you so much for sharing, Daniel. We are here to support you ❤
we appreciate your thoughts dan
A lot of folks are still not aware that they are proudly showing around downsampled copies of their photos, with it becoming ever harder to get your actual hi-res photos.
This already has been my final straw, I switched to arch linux a few months ago and now the only thing I use Windows for is when Forza gets a bit too stuttery running on Proton. You, reading this, you can do it too!
The good old case of the guy who let a corporation take control of his PC is somehow surprised the corporation took control of his PC. Truly a tale as old as time. The guy will literally wait and hope for legislation instead of even starting to consider Linux. Here's the top 3 pros of using Linux:
- You are now gay and furry (maybe even trans depending on the distro)
- Everyone thinks you are super cool (it's a secret tho)
- You can't play League of Legends anymore (even if you really want to)
Linux sounds pretty awesome.
Accurate
Wow there really are no downsides 😍
@@mopeyblokeyeah when the computer is shut down
Microsoft needs an intervention.
This self-sabotage is out of control.
Dan in double speed is double the Dan we need!
It’s not just simple privacy that’s involved, there are also issues of confidentiality and data security.
I was surprised that Microsoft allowed me to opt out of an online Windows account when I subscribed to Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, etc.) You can tell they're itching to bundle Windows into the 365 suite or forge some sort of mandatory "connected experience" between the two.
Nobara is a fedora-based distro by linux gaming expert Glorious Eggroll. Most gamers that don't know how to use linux and want to try it should use it because it's game ready on install with all the tweaks that makes gaming that extra bit more perfomant while also increasing combatibilty.
Alternatively, Debian 12 is pretty good and light, better if you have an AMD GPU. It'll be your more set it and forget it kind of setup
Honestly, as someone still relatively new to Linux (~2 years of off and on casual use), I found Manjaro KDE and the Arch package manager to be a much more intuitive, fleshed out, and more user friendly than Fedora/Nobara with the Yum Extender package manager was, and I also had an overall buggier experience with Nobara.
While I fully acknowledge that Linux gaming would likely not be in the state it's currently in without GloriousEggrolls contributions, and I really wanted to like Nobara, but my experience with it makes it hard for me to recommend Nobara over other popular and better documented distros like POP, Mint, or Manjaro.
But that could just be me, as I've been told that someone new to Linux should not start out with an Arch distro, and starting out with Arch definitely made the way Fedora does many things seem REALLY weird to me. But I almost always saw Arch/Manjaro leading in the most relevant benchmarks to me, so if I was going to learn to use Linux either way, I might as well start with the distro performing best for my use cases.
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sneako
Game cheats are bad, but I don't want the Internet Police knocking on people's doors because they're aim botting in csgo
You're right, they deserve no knock
This is more about going after p2c cheat makers and distributors, holding them legally liable as a business.
I wouldn't even mind that much, at least for a work computer where it's helpful to have files easily accessible by people you work with, but Office ecosystem is just SO painfully slow no matter what network or PC I've been using, and the web version of apps that I know they're wanting to make the only versions we can use just suck.
The annoying thing about windows is that microsoft decides on how you should be using your computer and then punishes you if you dont do it their way. Sometime during windows 10 I moved away from windows over to linux and its surprisingly easy to use. When you are super fresh you run into a few issues but after a while of using it there is very rarely any issues. Also the bit about "anything with a decent anti wont run on linux" is not true there are a few anti cheats that fully support linux and there is no such thing as a decent anti cheat. They are all ineffective and can be bypassed with software or easily bypassed with $10 of hardware.
I'd be danned if what I am seeing just now is a Certified Dan Saltman video right in my feeeed.
I dropped Microsoft, too much control over my property goes too far.
As you already said its a terrible idea to alienate your powerusers.
I view them similar to pioneer species. These are for example plants that can survive in conditions that most lifeforms cannot. And through them surviving in an harsh environment they change it and make it habitable for more sensitive species.
If windows truly loses all or most of their power users to linux then these users *will* improve it and thus make it comfortable and modern enough for the average user to swap. Its only a matter of time.
Windows 11 made me finally jump to Linux. The ux felt like such a downgrade compared to 10. That combined with the feeling of not being “in control” of my computer (vague I know, and I’ve felt that for years). If I still played a lot of games it would be a harder sell, but, I don’t play games anywhere near as much as I did, so it was an easy transition for me. I feel for those who do a lot of gaming and want to switch but feel trapped on Windows, though
A matter of time? People have been saying this for at least a decade, maybe two.
@@ThePyrosirys But they haven't had a good reason to jump ship yet. Shifting around menus, interfaces, & settings and adding bloatware is really annoying, but its not restrictive. If Microsoft actually starts narrowing the scope of what the user can do, more users will actually have to leave because they literally cannot run their computers like they used to. The more Microsoft constricts Windows, the more users will be squeezed out to Linux/Mac.
More Mac & Linux users means more demand for Mac & Linux compatible software, which will make it more accessible to the less tech savvy but still on the fence Windows user. If Windows 12+ actually becomes subscription based, I think that would cause an exodus of even more casual-ish users (i.e. gamers).
@@Norphesius What you're saying makes sense, but it hasn't happened. Windows has been doing anti user shit for a while and the users haven't been switching to linux.
Oh please let's make this happen because I'm sick of windows
Oh, Win-doze! I have used Windows forever, dual boot to Linux now, I only use Win-dose for my VR stuff, ready to sell VR and ditch Win-dose. I only game on consoles now! MS has lost their way! Their latest attempt to kill dual boot a prime example. Bought a mini-Pc as a project, removed Win 11 Pro, only run Mint OS, it does every thing that I need! My dual boot back up.
As for your comments on gaming: Steam/Wine/Proton all that jazz is beginner material. You can play any game you want, even those with kernel deep anticheats, if you're willing to tinker a little. All you need is KVM and a passthrough compatible GPU and you're good to go
surprised I didn't have to pay $20 to watch this
Dan being based, happens more often tham people may think.
I just don't really understand why Microsoft is trying to completely remove the ability to make local accounts. Like i get not keeping it supported or updated. But why remove the few ways we have to do it?
It's simple they want a subscription service model. They want you to give them $50 a month.
They say you can make a local account when you login by going into the settings but even when you do so you're not fully disconnected or unlinked from the Microsoft account it's so stupid
imagine internalizing the "everything needs government permission" mindset so much that you have to ask "why hasn't the government defined what a browser is yet?"
If Microsoft does end up litigating this, they wouldn't be doing so with any intention of seeing the trial through or getting a ruling or even legally outlawing these programs (although it would be a nice bonus for them if they did that). Instead, they would be litigating it with the sole purpose of draining their bank account in legal costs and fees, and leveraging that to settle out of court to get them shut down, and make an example out of them.
It doesn't matter whether it's legal or not, the threat of getting sued would effectively chill any interest in such tools or workarounds.
Dr. Egon Cholakian sends his regards.
aimbot is addition, a filter is subtraction, we win again.
I had to finally start using online account because I built new pc. That was only way I could migrate my windows activation key. You can do it via copying they key code, but that requires specific type of windows. Now, if I do reinstall windows, I could just do it offline since this pc is now registered to that key.
Dan the old man coming in hot with pre-recorded content. I have zero Teck knowledge but man I'm here for it!
Computer shops need to use local accounts for setting up new computers otherwise if they sign in with a shop MS account the windows activation key and BitLocker gets linked to them and causes a bunch of issues
Even if Microsoft blocks "everything" to create local user accounts, power users will still be able to make custom releases of windows (legally, too, maybe unless they change their TOS or something) which removes that requirement.
In fact one could argue that it's easier to use a custom release from a reputable source than to jump through the hoops that existed previously, namely due to the fact that custom releases can have all sorts of other tweaks automatically implemented.
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The least they should be forced to do is warn the buyer that Windows cannot be used offline, just like online video games are forced to do.
Obviously it's not because people don't know the thing doesn't work offline, but it's more of a statement, a reality check, and it should big in big bold letters too.
Ads directly baked into your OS is one thing, but usability of a product you paid for is a whole different matter.
That's my opinion.
But I don't care that much at the end of the day, I managed to replaced 99% of my workflow with Linux, although I feel for the average Joe who doesn't have the time to invest into how to use or what even is Linux.
Why? Because of ad revenue. That’s why. And it sucks.
Excited for dan content! I'll probably watch these, but it's worth noting if you want them to pop off as much as possible, you'd get more engagement from organizing your thoughts beforehand (and jump-cutting if necessary) so you can fill the watch time with more certain/engaging words. This is sort of a podcast-y rambl-y style, though if that's just what you want to go for, then go for it!
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Microsoft supports using an answer file that allows you to force a local account. But I wouldn’t recommend it if you aren’t a power user or don’t have any interest in becoming one.
Private browsing mode can’t be expected to overcome all these hurdles!
Windows 11 PRO has a local account toggle switch, please people get your fasts straight!
It's annoying that anticheat has a griphold on what os you can use for gaming. Like they can figure out kernel level detection, but can't be bothered to make it supported on linux?
Look at which games have anti cheat that plays with Linux and which games don't
Now make sets of games that have exploitative micro-transactions, DLC, and data harvesting
You might see the overlap is over 50%
Can’t wait for the working of wood
One of the reasons I moved to Linux a few months ago. Couldn't be happier.
the "line in the sand" for me was when I realized Windows Update was purposefully undoing my settings... specifically the ones regarding Windows Update itself. I've lost WEEKS worth of work to gosh darn Windows Update rebooting my damn computer all the damn time. Linux on the other hand? 200+ days uptime and counting right now. Rebooting is for losers
You can still make a local account by creating an unattended installation. I'm not sure if that's what Rufus is doing but it's how I do it with NTLite.
I've been probably 50/50 Windows and Linux for decades. The only reason I use Windows is for work (Lightroom and Photoshop is required to work with clients, for personal is use darktable is OK, but on Linux there's not a single image editing tool that could come close to CS3, much less current Photoshop) or on another machine built entirely for games that include the cancerous anti cheat software. For work I could easily move to a Mac, but that wouldn't solve the games issue so I just sit on my own machines and a M1 iPad Pro that's still handling most of my raw processing.
Otherwise, I've been using openSUSE since it changed from SUSE as well as Fedora since release. I wish I could use them full time, but I don't have a solution for anti cheat for companies off the top of my head (and my programming realm is low level OS/Hardware, not games). Software will just stay bad (shame, tools like Blender for it's possible to have industry level tools that aren't cryptic UX in open source) for the foreseeable future probably.
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It's almost like the utility of the law should matter more than how easy it is to arbitrarily categorize-- with each case being evaluated on its own merits.
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If you have NAS or older windows machines you need local account for it to handle network shares without prompting passwords when you have same user and password on all machines, since otherwise it will use part of your email as username instead.
I’ll keep using local accounts until it’s impossible and guess we’ll see where to go from there…
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30+ years of It. My next daily OS will be Linux.
Well done M$.
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You won't encounter this problem if you're doing the right thing by never installing an unmodified Windows ISO. Use Nlite to trim all the bloat/spyware and build your own ISO to install unattended with a local account. It's a very easy thing to do these days, and as much as MS would like to prevent people from doing it, they'll never be able to stop it.
One detail will be difficult Microsoft to argue away, the question: who is the victim of say, surgically modifying a Windows install to reduce the draconian limitations or remove features that you never wanted and are otherwise wasting your resources, burning your hardware out faster, risking your information security, and limiting your ability to use the machine without access to internet connectivity? The answer is, Microsoft is the only entity who cares. Well, for now.
The next question is, if I'm a rational human trying to use my computer and feeling that I need to make these modifications, what is the justification for Microsoft forcing me to submit to their precise implementation of all of the various components of the system, and doing so while holding your legitimacy to use their OS hostage? There are only two ways they can justify that position. You're stealing from us by using our OS and then breaking tools we count on to monetize and provide you with the price you recieved the operating system for. Or, more ominously, you're protecting yourself from the capability to have all your electronic activities tracked, which is now going to be mandated by laws and regulations that you don't have the right to circumvent and we're being forced to implement, so that agencies that we aren't allowed to talk about our obligations to can more easily track well, everybody. They'll use harm to children or criminal groups as justification. Aimbots are a flimsy reasoning compated to that.
Obviously unless you would make the claim that I am being irrational, modifying the core parts of my system is an expression of making a choice regarding the operation of my own hardware. I think it should be incumbent on Microsoft to prove that I have malicious intent, which would be hard to prove considering its quite arguable that taking control of my own login authentication in-house would protect me from a wide variety of threats inherent in being forced into an authentication scheme that by definition balloons its exposure from localhost all the way to a global distributed online system with opaque implementation, all based on trust in a company that has repeatedly proven to have its own interests ahead of the users. Maybe I just want to use my machine for offline work, while up in the mountains on a retreat where social media, email and voice calling, and cell phones and tablets are disallowed, but I've been given permission to do some electronic music creation on my laptop as long as I'm not being disruptive. The fact that the laws that concern using tools to unlock software limitations have been at least loosely defined in this section 230, but that we also don't laws regarding our rights to configuring our own machines just because an operating system vendor doesn't like how we want to use them, and will bully us out of the most widely supported OS just because Microsoft has decided so? That's not a balanced legal framework.
Unfortuantely I see a lot of ways they will continue to clamp down. Eventually Microsoft will just be able to say "It's not our doing". I expect that the right to install and run custom Linux versions to be banned by a decade from now on the open net, after some publicly shocking cyberattacks clearly attributable to customized linux machines using protocols that securely communicate without backdoors, which could easily justify a push for total law enforcement access to anything online, including your linux machines, unless you accept mandated spyware packages or the machine isn't ever used online. With the Telegram CEO being arrested, tell me I'm wrong.
Who is he talking to
oh my god its dan, im gona watch every single video my dude
WOW DAN YOU'VE GIVEN ME A LOT TO THINK ABOUT 🤔🤔🤔
Wonder the status of these archive websites for reading paywalled news
Rufus is excellent. I prefer Ventoy, but Rufus will do a lot of automated stuff when you're creating a bootable USB drive like download stuff etc.
Rufus is just automating a pretty basic slipstreaming process. I have no doubt MS could remove that feature if they wanted to. Although, it's gonna piss off an army of techs.
While I don't want aimbots in games, i don't think they should be illegal. It's a bad precedent as well as being ineffective.
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I wouldn't consider an anticheat to be protected under 230, because it's not blocking/filtering content from the web, it's blocking the user from interacting with the web in certain ways. I don't know if 230 works both ways like that, but I imagine that 230 is geared for filtering received content. At that point, I'd say that cheats are protected by 230 as well, because they filter the content as the user desires.
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Rufus and Etcher are great. I wish they weren't necessary for a Windows install though
Fantastic video Dan, thank you. Hope you continue making content like this!
25:22 Great video outro to a great channel intro
I promise you'll be big soon😊I can tell your heart big .Just consistent !
ive never had to to anything weird to get a local account, you can just type a name into the email field, it'll tell you theres an error and then just give you a button to make a local account
I'm not sure if that works anymore with the latest build of windows 11 because I've tried that several times when trying to set up the laptop and it wouldn't let me.
the sad state of the world shows when you have to explain dan why cheating should be illegal and blocking ads should be legal.
the real problem these days is that you have to make a rule for everything for ppl like dan. that is the real cultural problem in the world today. always push every limit and never do what is right do what is allowed.
I could listen to him talk for hours
People gotta start viewing Windows for what it is. A Toy OS for gaming only, and hopefully soon enough not even that
People like you are so remedial, you have no idea what market share windows has in the server space, it's the MOST common OS for business. Personal use is all you think about it makes me so angry you talk with such confidence
If Windows went to a subscription model, I wonder how pc makers would react. I doubt consumers would like the taste of having to buy hardware and pay a monthly fee. Linux has come a long way, even in gaming with stuff like Proton. Wouldn't be surprised to see it come on more machines if Microsoft took this route.
I don't think cheating is a good analogy. Cheating in a multiplayer game harms other players experience in immediate and obvious way. Using adblock, youtube vanced, etc is strictly between me and service provider. Nobody else would even notice (unless they already violate my privacy in egregious ways).
Lol i just upgraded my gpu.....if i have to limit myself to linux i'll def reconsider pc gaming as a hobby as a whole.
Edit: just finished the video. Very interesting. Here's another sub
The color really vibrant
His room contain significantly less kitty litter than expected
I wish game devs would develop their games for linux, I've got a beefy gaming computer, but most of what I do is not gaming. Seems more and more reasonable to just have a seperate linux system for everything, but money.
Hey Dan, I am wondering whether us power users will have to go to the lengths of running a domain server on our network to auth a Windows login? It's the only solution I think they won't block because win server makes them so much money as it is, and changing it will fk with too many businesses for them to eat. Interested in what you think about that
can we get continuity on the hat no hat situation?
glad to see you expanding into your own little thing on yt
Using windows is like a humiliation ritual