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What OS do you use on your pc and why? (lemmy.one)

submitted 1 year ago by tubbadu@lemmy.one to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] ElmarsonTheThird@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I'm back to Windows 10 (now 11) on my main PC since I bought an Xbox and there's hassle-free Cloud gaming, crossplay etc.

When I exclusively played on PC and built the new Machine, I was too cheap to buy a Windows licence. I tried Pop!OS because I like their gaming-focussed apporach. All games that were relevant to me (via Steam, mostly) worked fine.

I've since bought a Steam Deck, so I'm running SteamOS as well.

[–] drifty@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

To be fair who really buys Windows licences unless it's a business or an org

[–] Badoker@lemmy.nz 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I have never once paid for Windows, yet at some point a digital license showed up on my Microsoft account and I've never gotten an Activate Windows prompt on any of my subsequent Windows installations.

[–] Jeroen@lemmy.cock.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Perhaps it was included with your motherboard?

[–] Badoker@lemmy.nz 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think so, I've swapped motherboards several times since and the license has remained.

I used to borrow Windows keys off the old PCs in my office's e-waste pile, my best guess is it's one of those keys that's somehow still activating each time I reinstall.

[–] drifty@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There are utilities like MAS (open-source project on Github ironically) that activate Windows fully without anyone ever needing to pay for it, just in case anyone looking at this thread was wondering

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