Luckily Linux Mint still allows local accounts. In fact there is not other option besides just a local account.
this post was submitted on 08 Aug 2025
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Microsoft is no longer permitted on my PC
Ages ago I suggested installing Linux on my partner's parents old desktop. It's still running win10 but it's pretty slow, likely from a decade of bloat. Probably a HDD too which isn't going to help. Saying Linux scared them.
Recently they were told it is no longer supported and can't update to win11. Or some kind of popup like that anyway. They asked if it's time to replace the machine. This time I said I could put a lightweight OS similar to what a Chromebook has and they are much more interested. Probably also look at sticking a small SSD in there, it's only used for web browsing.
Now is the time to spread your wings and try linux as a replacement for windows!
I've occasionally tried using Linux in the past as my main desktop, because I think Windows as an OS is inferior, and lately because Linux's UI actually seems superior, but I always got suckered back into Windows because I wanted to play certain games.
I tried again last month, and this time, it's different. The games that I want to play work well enough in Linux. Some of them have native Linux builds. Others work well enough in Proton, which is Valve's version of Wine, a Windows emulation layer that can run Windows games in Linux.
I don't see any reason that I'd ever go back to Windows again.
People who haven't tried Linux in a couple of years need to read this.
The amount of progress that has been made with respect to Linux gaming over the past few years has been astonishing.
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That's a complicated way of saying that Microsoft recommends switching to Linux. /j
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"Linux can't run my cock and ball squeezing app!"
Actually, I been much happier not being able to play League anymore.
Yeah I realised the only games I cant play on linux are the ones that really don’t respect my privacy/time/wallet so it ended up a net benefit
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This just in, convicted monopoly Microsoft will fuck you over at every conceivable opportunity. Film at 11.
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I mean... It's not being turned off. You can still use Windows 10 if you want to, it's just Microsoft don't want to keep pushing security updates to it, and they're like "Well if you want continued security updates you're gonna have to sign in and pay for them".
You can always go without those updates.
The fact that the extended coverage is locked behind the windows account paywall is known for a pretty good time already...
They initially said you could get the account, and like 300 good boy points
OR Pay $30.
Right and MS will not lose nothing cus if that
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Family members have PCs that can't support Windows 11 (not that I'd want them to get it anyway) and I'm not yet in the position to migrate them to Linux.
This type of behaviour makes me glad I'm most of the way to ditching MS entirely on my own systems.
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