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Then pirate it. What do you care? This is like pirating a show they refuse to put on Netflix. They don't give you the option to conveniently buy what you want,
by zsrxx 7y ago
Then pirate it. What do you care? This is like pirating a show they refuse to put on Netflix. They don't give you the option to conveniently buy what you want, so pirate it.
Instructions on how to activate your installation of LTSC here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19420337 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19420337
- Nextgrid 7y agoPirate KMS servers will go offline eventually right? Even if the legality isn’t a concern, the reliability and maintenance overhead is a problem. There are trust/malware concerns with client-side cracks as well.
- zsrxx 7y agoThat one hasn't gone offline in years, so I've never thought of this. Perhaps you are right, but I assume that it should be easy enough to find new ones if you need them. I wouldn't consider this approach to be "high maintenance".
- vonapon 7y agoThrowaway account because I'm sensitive about admitting I do this kind of thing (perhaps moreso than I should be): In a word: no. KMSpico is kind of perfect. The process happens entirely locally, and is quite technically "clean".
- anon9001 7y agoHere's a KMS server emulator, all open source: https://github.com/Wind4/vlmcsd https://github.com/Wind4/vlmcsd If you want to skip straight to the piracy, here's an open source package for you, complete with keys, hosted ironically on Microsoft servers, that uses vlmcsd: https://github.com/ekistece/vlmcsd-autokms https://github.com/ekistece/vlmcsd-autokms It's a pretty clever hack. It runs the KMS emulator locally and fakes the network connection with a TAP device from OpenVPN. Works perfectly.
- michaelmrose 7y agoWhy not just run Linux
- r00fus 7y agoLikely games - which are probably also pirated.
- baot 7y agoIronically, the last time I needed Windows to run a game was because of Denuvo. I wouldn't have needed it if I'd pirated it.
- zsrxx 7y agoIt does not have Win32 or DirectX, for starters
- kelnos 7y agoSure it does: wine. Whether or not it works (and works performantly enough) for what any given person needs it for is another matter, of course.
- Draiken 7y agoHonestly I think it's sad how much the community still underestimates gaming. I tried using wine or even using Steam directly on Linux, but playing any game with 30-40% less performance is ridiculous. If you really like games, Linux is unusable for anything big. I've had to dual boot Windows for the last 10 years just to play a game without stuttering, lag, huge FPS drops, etc. Nothing would make me happier than being able to only use Linux, but until the community takes gaming seriously, people are forced to use Windows.
- Zardoz84 7y agowhat setup do you have ? Because I play on Linux and I don't appreciate any performance drop. For example, Stellaris and Doom fly's on my machine.
- fortran77 7y agoHow would you feel if I gave detailed instructions on how to rob _you_?
- zsrxx 7y agoIf I had billions in the bank and you gave detailed instructions on how to pick up the breadcrumbs I leave on the table of a restaurant, I wouldn't give a shit. But if they care so much they are welcome to break into my house and take my computer
- yowlingcat 7y agoIs this supposed to sound as nonsensical as those 90s "You wouldn't DOWNLOAD a CAR!" anti-piracy posters, or is this just a pleasant side effect of your poor analogy?
- evultrole 7y agoIf I refuse to sell you my handmade wallet, so you put up instructions on how to make an exact copy, that would be an equivalent action. Nobody would call that theft.
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