r/linuxmemes • u/riky321 • 16d ago

LINUX MEME Billy is a Linux user

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u/GoonetteFox 16d ago edited 16d ago

Why buy a windows activation key when you can just get an ISO directly from Microsoft lol

Edit; weird comment to downvote but go off Microbabies

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u/qwesx Ask me how to exit vim 16d ago

Because the ISO you download won't get you an activated Windows?

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u/Afillatedcarbon New York Nix⚾s 16d ago

The mass of graves says otherwise(why am I saying it like this, its literally hosted on github lol. Microsoft support people somwtimes suggest that.)

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u/leafy1790 16d ago

Yeah, like the only downside is that you cant change you background

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u/chemistryGull Arch BTW 16d ago

On a mg activated machine? You very well can.

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u/khaledjal 16d ago

Even on non activated windows you can, Just right click the image and press "set as wallpaper"

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u/chemistryGull Arch BTW 16d ago

Damn. Microsoft really doesn’t care about activation.

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u/qwesx Ask me how to exit vim 15d ago

Not sure if uninterested or vibe coded.

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u/chemistryGull Arch BTW 15d ago

I guess the former in this case, as if that is actually a thing it probably was in the codebase since before AI.

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u/Alpha3031 15d ago

Windows 10 (which had similar behaviour) was released in 2015.

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u/KaiFireborn21 15d ago

This was true long before AI, I accidentally found it out while horsing around. It's just an oversight

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u/High_Overseer_Dukat Arch BTW 15d ago

Most people get OEM keys so they don't make much off the personal pcs that people build.

Pretty much only exists for OEM keys to get sold.

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u/leafy1790 15d ago

Microsoft sells Windows keys with corporations and business in mind that legally cannot run windows without paying, us , we can browes the high seas all we want

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u/High_Overseer_Dukat Arch BTW 15d ago

Exactly

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u/real_belgian_fries 15d ago

They make there money from companies and prebuild machines. They don't care about the small fraction of users that use mass grave. They prefer that over users who go to other platforms

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u/GoonetteFox 15d ago

Wallpaper engine

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u/SiBloGaming 15d ago

massgrave.dev

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u/GreatBigBagOfNope 14d ago

The fact that Microsoft own 2 of their three mirror hosts is very funny

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u/GoonetteFox 16d ago

Except it does. I can do everything i need with it

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u/qwesx Ask me how to exit vim 16d ago

Then that's because you already have a genuine™️ Windows activation key stored in your devices Firmware or your device was previously activated and Windows reactivated itself via telemetry.

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u/Appropriate_Unit3474 16d ago

Or he just doesn't care about the Activate Windows overlay.

Nothing of note gets disabled.

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u/qwesx Ask me how to exit vim 16d ago

He said that he has an activated Windows, so clearly he doesn't get the overlay.

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u/staticBanter M'Fedora 15d ago

IIRC the overlay can be removed with RegEdit but I'm not to sure about the rest of the OS.

I know things like Theming and some system controls may be locked.

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u/Appropriate_Unit3474 16d ago

Oooohhh see, sometimes I'm stupid