[A]n INI configuration file in the Windows Canary channel, discovered by German website Deskmodder, includes references to a “Subscription Edition,” “Subscription Type,” and a “subscription status.”

  • Doofus Magoo@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Hi there! I’m you. My first computer was a TRS-80 in the early 80s, and my daily driver today is Debian (a flavor of Linux). I’m not an IT person, but I’ve had some skin in the game for a while.

    You won’t need to purchase a thing unless you have some weird/old hardware where drivers will be a challenge.

    There are a million flavors (“distros”) of Linux. The most straightforward ones to start with are probably Ubuntu and Mint.

    Most Linux distros have a “live CD” version that you can “install” on a thumb drive. That allows you to take the entire OS for a test spin without changing anything on your “main” computer.

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      1 year ago

      ou won’t need to purchase a thing unless you have some weird/old hardware where drivers will be a challenge.

      There are a million flavors (“distros”) of Linux. The most straightforward ones to start with are probably Ubuntu and Mint.

      Most Linux distros have a “live CD” version that you can “ins

      Thanks! I have been a gamer for a while now and have primarily been using Steam. One of the main reasons that I have not switched to another OS is I have been worried about compatibility issues.