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Windows 11 Team Tries to Make Linux More Popular by Requiring a MS Account on Install

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You’ll need a Microsoft account to set up future versions of Windows 11 Pro

It's one of the new build's smaller changes—but also one of the most annoying.
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"Just use Windows, bro. It's fine, bro. Why you stressin', bro? Linux is dumb, bro."

So I knew the Windows team were sooner or later going to try to shoot themselves in the foot again. It was inevitable. But I didn't think they would try going for the nut shot too.
 
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