Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Joel Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: My 138 $ Amazon order ( for 6pm today ). Date: Sat, 04 May 2024 12:40:15 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 40 Message-ID: <21pc3jlkp9794jdnq4h8feh1i7243868mf@4ax.com> References: <99253jp12e1cppj2940cpkpl0cbg1og25i@4ax.com> <8ce53j11p4ik1vvjt4tr5cod0ikd90jor8@4ax.com> <6634d31c$0$6437$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <8dea3jhm6dedgknid0qovts7r07a1isb32@4ax.com> <663562e9$0$2422126$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 04 May 2024 18:40:17 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1b839eb09c0d1d8ab396103e1926e702"; logging-data="1378698"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX184HdXA/LGvq/ZnYi6C9bAXsfjSuCr29PE=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:0hJjob+9aoMo7caV4QheIGBVHJk= OS: Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon, with Wine 9.0 for WinAPI Bytes: 3003 Andrzej Matuch wrote: >On 2024-05-03 3:26 p.m., chrisv wrote: >> Andrzej Matuch wrote: >> >>> The mere fact that it is no longer possible to install >>> Windows without being forced to enter a Microsoft account >> >> For the home version, and there's work-arounds for that, for the >> motivated. > >The mere fact that you need to jump through hoops to do something which >should be a direct option is disgusting. Some of us have a Pro license >but, when we install, we do so by downloading the latest ISO from their >web site so that we won't have to spend a few hours doing updates. That >only affords us the option of installing the Home version; upgrades >happen after the system has already been installed. As a result, you >indeed have to log in. If you have a Pro product key, there's no reason the Home edition should install. Perhaps you mean specifically the key that transforms Home into Pro, useful in converting OEM systems into retail Pro OS licenses, but for naked systems it's best to get a discounted license from Bleeping Computer or such. -- Joel W. Crump Amendment XIV Section 1. [...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.