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[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 33 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

I'm so tired of this shit man, I no longer have any real plan.
I'm seriously considering carrying the smallest x86/ARM Tablet capable of running Linux I can alongside some cheap phone for 4G hotspot and calls/strictly necessary.

Guess PC land is the last place we still have freedom (for now!!!! πŸ™„πŸ™„πŸ™„)

[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If my job didn't require MS Authenticator I would just be carrying around a dumb phone and my work laptop.

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My job requires MS Authenticator and I just use Aegis to make my TOTPs.

Is there a deeper MS Auth feature that locks you in?

[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, they don't allow us to use TOTPs. It's "passkeys only" through MS Authenticator. Using anything else causes the 365 dashboard to refuse to onboard.

[–] jnod4@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not for long, the Microsoft boot secure thing is sus

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I’m not one to bang on about the year of Linux, but honestly, the floor is falling out from under β€˜consumer Windows,’ and they are doing little to stop it.

At some point, even OEMs are going to get fed up and start offering their own wine/proton centric distros on some laptops/big tablets. They will be awful and bloated, and business laptops will probably be stuck with Windows forever, but still.

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Fedora is a thing

[–] eleitl@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

You can use a MiFi router with tablet and a dumbphone just for calls.