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Come join us in Linux.
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Didn’t click the link.
Why are they taking these videos down?
Rumor has it their garbage AI thinks they are hacking techniques.
Time for Peertube to shine!
Only if people can find the videos.
They are helping you staying away from windows, use linux it’s free
“You will give us your data no matter what.”
- Microsoft and Alphabet.
Firefox based and Chromium addon to redirect YouTube and other links to privacy alternatives. Works for Firefox based browsers on Android too.
Invidious suck ass, instances don’t work most of the time
inv.nadeko.net isn’t terribly unreliable, but I usually eliminate most of the other instances from the libredirect list.
Invidious won’t let you play a video that youtube itself removed
As long as the Linux install videos stay up, I actually applaud this
For those who care, at the first setup screen instead of answering any of the questions press Shift + F10.
CMD will open.
Type (no quotes) “net user Prefferedusername /add” (replacing Prefferedusername with the user name you wish to use) and press enter.
Next type “net localgroup administrators Prefferedusername /add” and press enter.
Next type “net user Prefferedusername /active:yes” and press enter.
Next type “net user Prefferedusername /expires:never” and press enter.
Next type “net user administrator /active:no” and press enter.
Next type “net user defaultUser0 /delete” (this is case sensitive make sure the “U” is capitalized) and press enter.
Next type “regedit” and press enter.
This opens registry editor, navigate to “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OOBE”
Delete “DefaultAccountAction”, “DefaultAccountSAMName”, and “DefaultAccountSID”
Right click on “LaunchUserOOBE” and rename it to “SkipMachineOOBE” and make sure the value is set to “1”.
Close registry editor and type “shutdown /r /t 0”
Type (no quotes) “net user Prefferedusername /add”
Using backticks instead of quotation marks is the ideal way to document technical instructions like this here:
Type
net user Prefferedusername /add(replacing Prefferedusername with the user name you wish to use) and press enter.Next typenet localgroup administrators Prefferedusername /addand press enter.Type `net user Prefferedusername /add` (replacing Prefferedusername with the user name you wish to use) and press enter.Next type `net localgroup administrators Prefferedusername /add` and press enter.
Lol im stealing that
Windows users: “I don’t want to swap to Linux, you have to follow arcane instructions from the Internet and use the terminal to do basic tasks”
Also Windows users: “Now here is how you add a local user:”
at the first setup screen instead of answering any of the questions press Shift + F10.
CMD will open.
Type (no quotes) “net user Prefferedusername /add” (replacing Prefferedusername with the user name you wish to use) and press enter.
Next type “net localgroup administrators Prefferedusername /add” and press enter.
Next type “net user Prefferedusername /active:yes” and press enter.
Next type “net user Prefferedusername /expires:never” and press enter.
Next type “net user administrator /active:no” and press enter.
Next type “net user defaultUser0 /delete” (this is case sensitive make sure the “U” is capitalized) and press enter.
Next type “regedit” and press enter.
This opens registry editor, navigate to “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OOBE”
Delete “DefaultAccountAction”, “DefaultAccountSAMName”, and “DefaultAccountSID”
Right click on “LaunchUserOOBE” and rename it to “SkipMachineOOBE” and make sure the value is set to “1”.
Close registry editor and type “shutdown /r /t 0”
I am usually not that guy, but honestly, why not just install Linux Mint at this point
I cannot find this meme I know I have seen
Panel 1: “Installing Windows 20 years ago” screenshot of install wizard with just a couple buttons
Panel 2: “Installing Linux 20 years ago” screenshot of a busy command line
Panel 3: “Installing Windows today” screenshot of a busy command line
Panel 4: “Installing Linux today” screenshot of install wizard with just a couple buttonsBecause some people still require windows for what ever reason and also it’s fun to resist corporate bullshit by spitting in their face.
Personally I switched to Bazzite for my gaming rigs and Mint for everything else, but I wont judge anyone who wants to stay on windows despite the hostility microsoft has for its user base and I say more power to them.
Those who stand defiant in the face of overwhelming odds are exactly the sort of folk I like.
resist corporate bullshit by spitting in their face.
“Resist corporate bullshit by eschewing the free, non-corporate option – which, because it’s open, gets better the more people use it – in favor of continuing to use the exact same corporate product but with an abstruse, hacky workaround that 0.001% of the userbase will use and will probably be plugged by this time next week. That’ll show those corpo fucks who’s boss. ✊Ⓐ”
How is continuing to use their product (thus being farmed for telemetry and other revenues) defiant in any way?
The reality is you and others are afraid of change. There is no windows-only program I can’t run. Your defiance is futile and you’re the only one suffering, not Microsoft.
Can you run Battlefield 6?
Valorant?
Apex Legends?
Rainbow Six: Siege?
Fortnite?
GTA V?
RDR2?
Yes.
The last time I try to run valorant on non standard windows 11 install, the anticheat refused to run. I’m not playing valorant, just helping friend with tehnical issue.
I am not interested in playing any of those games.
Ok, cool. Some people are. This is a quick list of some popular reasons why people might not be able to just run Linux.
I’d probably play BF6 and I do enjoy Apex Legends, but not enough to run Windows. Photoshop is great, but GIMP meets my non-professional needs. I’m not an engineer so AutoCAD isn’t a professional requirement and I can fix 3d prints or plan landscaping in freecad.
But, I can’t make Micrsoft stop enabling telemetry on my computer, inserting ads in my start menu or giving AI access to my entire system. I know there are tools to disable these things, I used them. I know the workaround to make local users, I know how to remove the AI integrations, I know how to use group policy to prevent the re-enabling of some items.
I don’t want to have to fight my computer in order to use it. I want it to do exactly what I want and nothing else. Linux lets me do it and that is more important than a few FPSs
Everyone gets to make that choice. Well, except the people who can’t upgrade to Windows 11… for them it’s Linux or joining a botnet at some time in the near future.
Can you run Battlefield 6?
This isn’t even a Windows or Linux thing: Why the hell do you want Saudi Arabia and Jared Kusher* to have kernel-level access to your machine? Why, why is that worth it for just a game?
*I really wish I was joking with this part
I get it but let me give you an example of the sort of thing Linux is dealing with:
I have a nephew who wanted a PC, and had a small budget (they where 11 at the time and I was not going to let them pay) so I used some parts around and made a not so bad mint machine. It worked very well but can not play fortnight (not an issue with mint or the hardware) or other such anti-cheat games. The child was ok with it but his parents got mad at me as to why I would not just “be normal” and put a real operating system on the machine. They tried to tell my nephew that he should not use his PC until they can bring it to someone that can “fix” it by putting windows on it (they are kinda asshats). Lucky for my nephew the place they took the PC said the same thing I did and that it would not run as well with windows on it, but would do it if they wanted (they said no when they got the cost).
So the PC gets used and is enjoyed (it was the nephews birthday present from me), and used by his father as much as him. But all this time I am getting constant complaints about the “weird stuff” I forced on them, and that one day they will get him a “real” computer. Keep in mind my brother has a PC that is running windows that has more bloat and malware then you would think possible at this time (I think why he kept using his son’s) that was about the same in hardware (1060, am4 3600ish, 8 gigs of ram sort of machines). The mint PC was clearly better, and when their child started to point out how much more time my brother spent on his Linux computer then his own my brother just happened to “spill” a whole glass of water directly into his son’s computer. Then he hid the PC away and just blamed it not working on the “bad software” that it was running, and how it was a “trash” machine anyway. (I did get it back eventually, replaced the board and shipped it back to my nephew who is now using it again).
So the point of the story is this, would you if you had to deal with users (and lets assume you are not related to them) like this put Linux on their machines or just not want to deal with them and put a ripped and custom windows on it?
There are no upcoming kernel patches that will fix the problem of people being ungrateful assholes.
I mean there is bound to be one that bricks their machine, so I have that at least.
The trick is to always install their system using btrfs-dkms.
It’s guaranteed to break in a way that Google cannot resolve.
If that story is at all true, I feel so bad for that kid regarding so much more than the OS on his computer. I honestly hope you have thought about the potential future circumstance that you need to take on an abused teenager.
Oh I do what I can, but those kids (3 of them) are not going to have a good time.
Is your brother a Trumpy?
We are not american, and no he is (or was at one point) a card carrying communist (a really really bad one).
I was just trying to understand how someone can be that dumb and intolerant.
I cannot relate in any way. I would tell these people to figure it out themselves and that they’re ignorant and ungrateful. You’re also a very nice person for putting up with that.
Its often the worst part of working in the industry, I used to have to deal with these sort of people professionally (investment bankers are the worst). I am just pointing out that sometimes the solution is just to do the work and move on, and that is how we get to where we are.
The reality is you and others are afraid of change. There is no windows-only program I can’t run.
Well I’m glad you represent everybody.
People who need to use software like the Adobe suite professionally? They should just abandon their whole career and not use Adobe. Because being unemployed will really show em.
I can run adobe software in Linux.
Every time this topic comes up, you’d think that all Windows users are all professional graphic designers who use AutoCAD and also play Valorant professionally.
I’m that guy.
Install Linux Mint.
That’s a lot of instructions just to use the computer you paid for and is yours…
Linux has its stupid bullshit too, its just 12 of one and a dozen of another sort of situation. For example I don’t have to jump through hoops to auto mount a secondary drive on windows I just install the drive and there it is. But on linux I have to jump through all sorts of ridiculous hoops for some stupid reason. However it will auto mount flash drives and sd cards even though those are the ones more likely to pose a security risk.
I just plugged in an old drive to make sure I’m not going crazy, and I didn’t do anything besides hit the power button, log in, and open the file explorer:
And its right there.
It depends on the DE.
Even still, typing mount /dev/sda1 external isn’t exactly Cirque du Soleil
articles like this wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t true, they will appear but they wont auto mount https://techhut.tv/auto-mount-drives-in-linux-fstab/
*some distros may auto mount but I never used one that did
As always on Linux you have different possibilities. Most big Desktop Environment’s like KDE / GNOME / Cinnamon … can mount devices automatically or on a click on the device. No need for additional entries in fstab.
If you however want a more general approach you can use systemd’s automount or a fixed mountpount using fstab.
Most normal Desktop User’s will be totally fine with the DE Solutions.
I use my secondary and tertiary drives for steam and I boot my machine to big picture mode on startup so I need them to auto mount. Having to navigate to the file manager and clicking on them is not the same.
I just click on it and it mounts and opens
This is Linux Mint btw
Sure, but you had to click on it first. It didn’t mount on boot.
I thought you were talking about just opening the drive to use it from the file browser.
I do actually have a drive I use for automated backups, but I just used the GUI to change the automount setting:
I guess that’s a little bit inconvenient, but its like 3 clicks, adding a step to something I had to do to set up some other software. Its not any more complicated than disabling sticky keys in Windows.
Except we’re not comparing it to disabling sticky keys, we’re comparing it to needing needing to follow an entire page’s worth of instructions, pressing secret key combinations and entering commands into the terminal, just so you can use your computer without it phoning home to the mothership. And that’s on top of the fact that the instructions are probably going to be different in a year since microsoft is deliberately fucking with you.
Say what? That’s not true in the slightest, if the drive is mountable it will show up in your file manager.
articles like this wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t true, they will appear but they wont auto mount https://techhut.tv/auto-mount-drives-in-linux-fstab/
*some distros may auto mount but I never used one that did
I think people are confused because the difference between mount on access and mount on boot is meaningless for 98% of people. I can think of reasons to need the latter, but not many.
You are probably right, most folks aren’t even aware because they have no need for it. The only reason I need it is for my gaming rig that launches big picture mode on startup. I have no need for it on any of my desktop machines.
Yeah, but again you don’t have to do all this stuff just to use the PC. And for having the tiny user base Linux does it’s amazingly pro-user compared to the monopolistic bullshittery that is Microsoft Windows.
Next type “ net user Prefferedusername/active:yes” and press enter.
A space is needed before the slash on this command, right? And no space before net.
I don’t know if this is the case, but I’ve found that often Windows commands see the space as optional. It’s weird, but generally works.
You are correct I will update my instructions. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.
Honestly in my opinion just pirate windows ltsc/iot ltsc/server ltsc editions
A lot of people are doing that too, I’m not here to judge just to help.
You could also just make the iso using Rufus. It sounds easier than this shit.
Intructions unclear.
Invalid command: net rap user Prefferedusername Usage: net rap user add Add specified user net rap user info List domain groups of specified user net rap user delete Remove specified usernet user fossilesque /add I don’t know where you are getting “rap” from but remove that.
Say ‘noot noot’ again. Say ‘noot noot’ again, I dare you, I double dare you motherfucker, say noot noot one more Goddamn time!
Its so nice on peertube nowadays. !peertube@lemmy.world if anyone wants to join and watch/post videos.
And of course arbitrary try Linux out. Its a very productive OS.
Me in 2026: diving into the dark web to find an instruction manual
They took control of the digital town square and now its a prison. Monopolitistic shithole corporate vampire behavior.
“Freedom is dead. Freedom remains dead. And we’ve killed it. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent?”
-Nietzsche 2026
just searched youtube for “ windows 11 without microsoft account”.
there are thousands of videos still up.
people will just believe anything that fits their worldview and not check anything out….The fact that videos remain does not mean that videos haven’t been removed
Yeah I don’t understand their take at all.
“They haven’t gotten them all so THEY’RE NOT DOING IT IN THE FIRST PLACE so reactionary with your worldview JEEZ”
This is the kind of low-tier thinking that got us here in the first place.
It’s disheartening, really. I fully sympathize with the efforts of software freedom and independent media platforms, but it’s just so annoying how people with “my” world view are just like all other people as well – we believe what we want to believe and only question what goes against our beliefs.
I’m not saying I’m better, but I just hate it in general.
Yep, even on the side of the right ideas, half the people still got there via the same wrong methods that the people on the wrong side use. They just coincidentally happened to land on the right side instead. It is quite disheartening, exactly
In life in general, I’ve found people who arrive for the wrong reasons typically make a short stay before moving on.
Its like the Tide pod thing. Two or three instances and suddenly its a wave of it happening.
Stop uploading content to YouTube - there are other hosts
Better yet, this would be much better and easier to host as written instructions.
Sure. You could upload it to peer-tube, and have it be seen by a whole 11 people!
Why not both, it’s not like The Internet Police will stop you.
There was a time Youtube videos would only be seen by 11 people. But it grew because people posted videos anyway.
It grew because it was the only platform that did it.
If you want views, you have to go where the viewers are. Current alternatives are sorely lacking.
If you want the smaller platforms to grow, you do need to post there, but ignoring the existing giant won’t get you seen unfortunately. At the very least, you should do both.
YouTube was not the only platform back then but I agree it dwarfs what is around now
there were very very very few platforms where you could post and share streaming video online when YouTube was new.
it was certainly the only free option. the internet was quite young then if you don’t remember.
other platforms rose up around their success, but I’m pretty sure YouTube was more or less unique when it started.
I was going to say vimeo but checked the dates to make sure I remembered right - looks like it was up even before youtube 2004 vs 2005.
oh wow, i thought for sure it came later. i should stop making snap comments when m waking up.
Wasn’t dailymotion and liveleak around before YouTube? And it took YouTube some time before it became the mammoth it is now
That would be great for those 11 people.
In this case, you could upload it to YouTube where it will be taken down and seen by a whole no people
No no. It’ll still be seen by thousands before it’s taken down.
Thousands of bots.
Also it has to get around the many rules Youtube itself has for the all mighty algorithm.
Hey man, the playing-pinball-while-a-cat-interferes peertube community is very close-knit (https://video.apz.fi/).
I kid, but it’s true that peertube lacks the dopamine hooks and variety that youtube does. It’s much harder to sink hours into watching a bunch of videos that you’ll only half remember by the next day.
Honestly, at this point people should use Pornhub.
Microsoft Account gets FUCKED by huge command line penetration
Honestly? If anyone could make a rival for YouTube it would be a big porn hosting site.
The infrastructure is already there. Just need to buy another domain and throw money at it.
I dont think anyone will rival youtube, pornhubs infrastructure is no where near youtubes, like at all.
I dont think you need to overtake YouTube on day 1. Do you?
The only competitor I could see YouTube getting is if Twitch decided to chase that route. The only companies with the global infrastructure required for a service as fast as YouTube’s are Amazon, Microsoft (and Google).
Microsoft gave up on Mixer, so I don’t see them ever trying to take on YouTube. Amazon have Twitch, which as mentioned, could try to take on YouTube. But even with owning their own servers and just running them at cost, it would be a massive undertaking and investment.
There’s a tremendous amount of work to do, that these companies are not going to throw money at for decades just to compete for YouTube’s profit margins, which apparently aren’t that big (if they even exist).
Sites can exist alongside YouTube, We see a lot of smaller video hosting sites, like Dailymotion, but something would have to go seriously wrong at YouTube for any of them to grow meaningfully and become actual competitors.
I’d like a competitor as much as anybody, but I’m just being realistic here. Don’t underestimate the size of YouTube.
Blocked in 23 states, unless you want to hand over your digital ID.
no one cares about the plights of those living in backwater stone age dictatorships. the modern world must move forward on its own.
we Americans have to get used to being left behind and left out of conversations by real adults now.
Contrary to popular American belief, the USA is not the center of the Universe
I don’t care if anything I’ve ever posted is blocked in 50 states. Americans assume they are the center of the world.
So for what, 100 million people vs 8 billion, it’s a problem.
I’ll take that.
they’re not important
As a Floridian, I have to use a VPN for that.
What’s wrong with that?
Or Odysee!! A well established platform with decentralised video storage and a FOSS app that lets you browse all videos with relatively fast loading.
And craptastic search and discovery features.
Yeah, but discovery optimisation algorithms are what got YouTube into the mess it’s in. I’m okay with a more natural, look for what you want style, as opposed to being handed video after video to waste time and oversaturate your mind.
I wouldn’t know too much about the searching issue. What problems have you noticed?
I found that it has zero ability to infer and suggest from what I’m typing. If I typo “mine inch”, easy to do on a phone keyboard, it is completely lost. But YouTube knows that I’m definitely looking for nine inch nails. “Chicken tr” on YouTube knows I’m looking for chicken tractors before I even finish, Odyssey is completely lost and requires me to type the whole thing out. When I’m searching for music it requires me to know exactly what I’m looking for and doesn’t offer much in the way of exploration help.
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They realise that A LOT of those videos are not primarily about Windows?
I’ve seen many reviews of vintage devices where the uploader just casually installs Windows 11 in a “nonstandard” way, just because it’s the only way.
Besides, you still have to activate it. Rufus doesn’t help you get around that, so it’s not even piracy.
