My computer has accumulated some cruft that’s making it hard to manage, and resetting the PC seems like the most straightforward way to deal with it. I already have all my important files saved elsewhere. I also wanted to see if I could kill two birds with one stone and rid myself of the dependence on an MS account. I’ve seen there’s some terminal stuff you can do when installing Windows fresh that bypasses the mandatory account creation, but does that still work when resetting? Especially when resetting from the cloud?

And because someone is going to say “Just use Linux”, believe me, I’d love to, but the user experience sucks for literally anyone who isn’t a software developer and the accessibility has actually gotten worse over the 15 years I’ve tried to use it.

  • Hanrahan@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    15 hours ago

    And because someone is going to say “Just use Linux”, believe me, I’d love to, but the user experience sucks for literally anyone who isn’t a software developer a

    well that’s bullshit, I went to LMDE 3 years ago and all I did was install a new NVME, booted off a thumb drive and the os installed it, no issues since. Including an entire OS upgrade with a few clicks when Debian went from 12 to 13.

    I wanted a few YT videos on how to configure the GUI.

    Everything I need can be installed via Flat pack, which is a GUI software installer

    I have dicked around with the CLI but only as a curiosity.

    Thai said if you want to do exactly as you did in windows then … stick to wibdiws, if you want a GUI and happy to change course on apps eg I went from Lightroom to Darktable, use Inkscpae and I used LibreOffice on windows anyway but Nemo shits all over Explorer