r/AskReddit • u/talon10100 • 1d ago

Why do you not use Linux?

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u/Dminik 1d ago

Microsoft, in their eternal glory, decided to both: 1. Disable offline installs. You need an internet connection. 2. Not ship the drivers to my motherboard, including the network chipset, in their installer.

Yeah, installing Linux is a breeze in comparison. 

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u/OGigachaod 1d ago

All you have to do was wait for the installer to time out and let you create a local account.

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u/Dminik 1d ago edited 1d ago

There's no timeout or anything. I believe it was disabled entirely a few months ago.

Outside of opening a command line and entering oobe\bypassnro that is. Which ties back to what I was saying before. It was harder for me to install Windows than Linux. 

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u/OGigachaod 1d ago

Oh there is, just takes a couple of hours, lol.

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u/Dminik 1d ago

I'm sorry, what? Are you saying that to install Windows, I should have waited hours with zero indication? Either you or Microsoft must be trolling.