There's some weird magic incantations that worked for me ~6 months ago, involving breaking open a secret console, tying random arcane shit, and disconnecting th

There's some weird magic incantations that worked for me ~6 months ago, involving breaking open a secret console, tying random arcane shit, and disconnecting the computer from the internet, in a precise sequence. Who knows how long these procedures last. https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/install-windows-11-without-microsoft-account https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/install-windows-11-witho... The idea that an OS wouldn't even install without Internet connection is wild. A new years resolution was to stop using Windows on my desktop, my only windows machine. I haven't had to do a windows boot yet this year! I had a couple hiccups setting up Steam (hadn't installed enough :i386 packages, was using my existing NTFS mounts & you need to symlink a compatdata in to make that work well), but it's been basically flawless. (That said, power management has been a beast. My GPU seems to want to run it's memory at max mhz, USB devices power control has been a huge headache & trying to get them to sleep after a reasonable amount of time (>>>2s) hasnt worked like it seems like it should, and susoend hasn't worked on windows or Linux much to my chagrin.)