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Microsoft kills official way to activate windows without internet (www.neowin.net)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by 1984@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I've been perfectly happy on Mint since switching over a year ago. The few games I play run just fine (FO4, FOLON, Portal, and such), and the other apps work too, GIMP, Inkscape, LibreOffice, Blender, etc.

In spite of the recent post about which Linux distro to recommend, and seeing many no longer recommend Mint, I'll stick with Mint. It just works.

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 days ago

+1 for running Mint.

Tried Pop_OS and the audio drivers were hot garbage. Went to Mint and it worked fine.