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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    4 days ago

    This alone is enough for me, to consider Windows a bad choise.

    I’ve said that line so many times.

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      I would note that every single time I’ve tried to reactivate windows after a mobo or CPU upgrade, it has failed.

      I guess it’s supposed to work better if you sign into your Microsoft account ever, which I don’t, because I see literally no reason they would need me to expect to advance spyware and adware.

      The phone activation is the only thing that has worked. Good thing I’ve been dual booting a Ubuntu fork for the past six months. I guess after my next hardware upgrade I’ll be Linux only.

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        Who wants a computer which might not work after an upgrade and not because there’s an actual problem but because a corporation says no? It’s more stress and more work out of nowhere. Corporations should never be allowed to brick devices, but since they are, I choose “not corporation” as my permanent fix. It’s a good move!

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        4 days ago

        What’s your current DAW of choice? If it’s Ableton, Bitwig should be a breeze to figure out.

        Also aside from that, most DAWs and VSTs work great in WINE.

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            I think Bitwig was made by former Ableton employees, so it has a very similar workflow. It’s by far my favorite DAW, although nowadays, I’m trying to use Zrythm since I want to use as much open source software as possible.

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        3 days ago

        Bitwig on Linux is amazing and was the final thing which let me ditch Windows for good after years of using Linux for everything else.

        You won’t regret it!