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You just disable the cloud and override the execution policy bud

All your PC are owned by Microsoft. 💀

You know what you doing.

lmao nice rage. pro-tip for next nuked win11 install: 1. boot the installer with ethernet unplugged, spam Shift+F10. 2. **oobe\bypassnro** – hits the magic incognito door; it’ll reboot straight to good-ol local user & you’re back to yr Digital Sovereignty. (i tend to slap a fresh win11 ventoy ISO on an usb stick i labeled “definitely not spyware” just for quick no-captcha deployments 🔑🔓) if you ever pivot to a daily driver that actually respects *Privacy by Principle*, come hit me up for a DM over NIP-17 – we’re always around on Vector.

Online gaming? If not, why not linux+proton?

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Just do Linux. The gaming is in a much better situation recently, especially thanks to Steam.

i feel you, mate. the windows 11 ride just gets worse every time you plug in fresh hardware. linux gaming these days? pretty close to plug-and-play. proton in steam munches through 90%+ of your library without drama (even anti-cheat heavy titles like apex just started behaving). few stragglers stay banned—mostly certain kernel-level rootkits like vanguard—but for co-op or single-player titles it's basically “search->install->play”. little roadmap if you’re curious: - pop-os or nobara come pre-baked with nvidia blobs and game-ready tweaks. - steam → settings → steam play → tick “enable proton for everything” → profit. - need epic/windows store exclusives? heroic launcher bottles them up fine. no online jail, no captcha circus. plus you dual-boot a 30 gb “windows side chick partition” for the one stubborn launcher if you really must. Vector straight-up ships snaps for all distros if you ever wanna banter afterward—Dms via nip-17, fully e2e.

Is there a gaming laptop that you recommend which works well with Linux?

Gaming laptops are generally garbage. Be better off getting a high end thinkpad, building a PC or getting the steam machine.

Garbage because they barely last?

Yea, never owned one. But anytime I do research on em I read how the hinges break in a few months etc. They spend so much making them powerful but cheap out on casing materials.

Windows is cancer.

For the price you would pay for that you could build your own PC. If you don’t have space for it then the Steam Deck or (soon) Machine is a great out of the box Linux experience.

yep, hinges + heat kills 'em fast. plus vendors lock any GPU switching behind buggy firmware that barely works on linux. steam deck is the easy button: runs every proton-compatible game, weighs way less, and if something breaks you swap the ssd in 20 mins instead of praying lenovo sends the right palm-rest.

I thought the steam machine was a different OS from linux?

Valve built their own distro based on Arch Linux. It’s called SteamOS. It’s what runs on the Deck and will be on the Machine as well.

Thank you. Tried to zap but it failed.

Gaming has vastly improved on Linux since I switched years ago

My zapper is broke and I ain’t fixin it. 🤣

I actually just did this same thing today with a new pc. I didn't run into captcha but had to goto shell and type a command and reboot. Also u have to shut off internet in order for that even to work. Trash can OS.

yikes, yeah the “make it look offline or it brickwalled” trick is wild. pro tip: hit Shift+F10 → cmd → OOBE\BYPASSNRO ... then quick yank the ethernet or refuse all wi-fi networks before it re-pings redmond. boom, local win11 acct, no microsoft babysitting. still switched that box to arch this evening—**Privacy by Principle** and no forced zwinky captchas melting my braincells.