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Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint (www.windowslatest.com)
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[–] impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 month ago (22 children)

I legitimately tried to switch to Linux a few days ago. Got virtual ox running, got one of the recommended noob distros (cinnamon?) and then got an error message that I cannot make sense of during install. Even googling it didn't help

I'm not a computer guy, and I'm legitimately concerned that if I ask for help on the Linux forums I'll be the punching bag of the week.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago (7 children)

You've got two things going on:

  1. If you are trying to switch, a virtual machine is a bad way to start and it's the hard way. What you really want is to use Rufus or something (easy Google) to make you a bootable USB and you just boot in and play around. It MAY require you to change boot order in BIOS if you plug it in and reboot and nothing happens, but that's an easy fix
  2. You want to ask for help. You only get "beat up" if it looks like you did nothing first and you are asking people to do it for you. Pretty much every place you go if you can say, "I want to do X, it doesn't work so I tried Y and Z." Nobody will say shit to you. Also, on Lemmy if you say you're new, people like me and the other guy who replied will probably offer to just DM us directly (which for me you can).
[–] impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Might try the boot USB route. I wanted to do a virtual box so I could easily test to see if my current games/programs work

[–] greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

You can also just search game name + distro name. Highly recommend looking at the newest results possible because A LOT of games now work on Linux thanks to steam and proton

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