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Microsoft kills official way to activate windows without internet (www.neowin.net)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 24 points 10 months ago (5 children)

The fact they mentioned "anti cheat", it's going to be your modern online multiplayer games. It's going to be games like Fortnite, PUBG, Call of Duty, Battlefield, etc.

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

    @ipkpjersi @v0rldI would still like to know which and why. Usually there are alternatives out even for those multiplayer games. Example -> all the Valve Games / Blizards Games are good too ;)

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    sadly most online mp games have kernel-level anti-cheat that doesn't run on linux

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  • [–] -1 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    @octohami can't agree with this general statement. i guess it's important to understand that a lot of the multiplayer games you wanna currently play have some kind of protection which makes it currently not suitable to run on linux. just to give a different view mp games which currently seem to work ( checked protondb ):- Eldenring Nightreign- Dark and Darker (used to work)- Helldivers & Helldivers 2- Arc Raiders- Counter Strike- Overwatch- DOOM in very different versions- Quake Live- Hunt Showdown 1896- Dead by Daylight- Warframewith all respect for the games you currently love so much, please don't make general statements. A personal advice i want to give: Only change to linux if you are also willing to change yourself and adapt. Linux is not Windows like, Mac OS is not Windows , like a Playstation is not a XBOX or a Switch.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago*

    i know a lot of the mp games i play have an anti-cheat that doesn't support linux, i'm blaming the AC devs here, not linux.

    as for my general statement, i used this handy little website: https://areweanticheatyet.com/

    note how i said most mp games w anti-cheat can't run on linux. i think 59% qualifies as 'most'.

    i'm rlly not sure why you're so defensive here ngl, i love linux. i use linux on one of my pcs for development, i'm not attacking linux in any way.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Sure, there are alternatives for the games I listed, but if all your friends are playing any of the games I listed, you don't have many options for Linux outside of something like Shadow or GeForce Now, which admittedly is a pretty solid option for online-only games if you live near their servers.

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