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Fantastic! How do we get access to this "European" version of Windows 11? Asking for Europeans who don't live in Europe, and for non-Europeans everywhere who wa
by aorth 3y ago
Fantastic! How do we get access to this "European" version of Windows 11? Asking for Europeans who don't live in Europe, and for non-Europeans everywhere who want less Bing, Edge, and upselling in their OS.
- harrygeez 3y agoWhen I still used Windows I remember there used to be a Windows "N" version. Some AIO ISOs will let you choose
- rekoil 3y agoIs the license the same between N and non-N versions?
- orthoxerox 3y agoNo, they require different keys.
- rekoil 3y agoThought so.
- WD40ForRust2 3y agoIrrelevant! See vlmcsd on github.
- robotnikman 3y agoSame here, I look forward to the workarounds that will come.
- microtonal 3y agoI know that this is hard. But the end solution is not installing European Windows versions, but fixing government, especially curtailing lobbying, campaign funding, etc. And break the narrative 'market is everything, government is the enemy' that is so common in the US. Some regulation is good, it makes the market fairer to everyone.
- episteme 3y agoHard, impractical, incredibly slow and high chance of failure. Sounds like maybe installing an EU version is reasonable in comparison.
- fsflover 3y agoAll your adjectives apply to installing an EU version in the long term.
- microtonal 3y agoThis. They don't want to get off the gravy train. So as long as it's not regulated, they'll try to infer your locale and enable features based on that. And since this is the OS, they can use WiFi AP MAC addresses, nearby Bluetooth devices' addresses, etc. to infer your location. After all, this world brought you https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/countryd.8.html https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/countryd.8.html
- dartharva 3y agoYou can still have a debloated Windows 11 setup without the bloat by just selecting "English (World)" in the localisation option during installation. Add to that the "no@thankyou.com" trick while signing in to Microsoft account and you'll have an option of a fresh, clean locally-administered install.
- genocidicbunny 3y agoDidn't they fix the English (World) trick at some point? Regardless of that, supposedly for this you just need to set your region to somewhere in the EU during initial installation; Though that can't be changed post-install.
- dartharva 3y agoI installed Windows 11 just this month, the trick is still working.
- lostmsu 3y agoWhat's the deal with no thankyou? Are you just giving access to your machine to the owner of thankyou.com?
- hddqsb 3y agoA clever person got that account banned. When you try logging in with that email and a random password, it will fail, and Windows will allow you create a local account. (ref: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37179504 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37179504, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33049235 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33049235).
- globular-toast 3y agoThe European version is Linux, made in Finland! (Ok, it's a joke and I know GNU is American too).