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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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TIL that operating system Linux is an example of anarcho-communism (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I don't know when the last time you tried to install Windows was, but when I installed Windows 11 Pro yesterday, there was no obvious option to install without an internet connection and a Microsoft account. To make that option appear, I had to hit shift+f10 at the country selection screen to open a command prompt and run the script located at "oobe\bypassrno.cmd" to have the option "I don't have an internet connection" to pop up and allow me to bypass needing a Microsoft account.

[–] c0mbatbag3l 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've never installed Windows 11 outside of assisting company IT, but we have install media/network based images we can push.

I'm referring to W10, I don't like 11 at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

That's fine, and people said the same thing about Windows 10, and Windows 7, and Windows XP, and...

If you control for bloat, tracking, and ads, the install process for Windows versions has gotten steadily more difficult as time goes on. Installing Windows 11 is a snap, too, ... if you don't care about all the crap they added.

The thing us Linux users are complaining about is not how easy it is to install if you accept the enshittification that Microsoft forces, but how difficult it is to install without it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

when I installed Windows 11 Pro yesterday, there was no obvious option to install without an internet connection and a Microsoft account

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Christ on a fucking cracker man, leave the fucking ethernet cable unplugged...