This would be a GREAT time to post some links to videos about it on Peertube.
YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs
Submitted 5 months ago by sommerset@thelemmy.club to technology@lemmy.world
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rumba@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
RustyOwl@lemmy.world 5 months ago
This is another reason why we have got to stop centralizing everything on the web. When you reply on these platforms, you have lost all autonomy over your brand, data and content. And they get to decide what you see and do. We need to go back to everybody hosting (self-hosting or paid hosting) their own data, content and building out their own communities again. I also miss going to more than 3 websites a day.
RagingRobot@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It’s easier than ever to make your own website. You could vibe code one up super fast and throw up some images or videos.
Getting people to see the stuff you make is the major hurdle. These platforms have that benefit because everyone is already there.
Not to mention if you were able to get traffic to your site it probably won’t scale well lol.
RustyOwl@lemmy.world 5 months ago
You’re correct on the being seen part, but maybe this would involve retraining people to start using a different search engine that works. But I know most of this is will never see the light of day, but maybe one day we can hope for a better future for the internet.
I do fear, with AI now replacing search by many people, what will the internet look like in the next 5 years. Scary to think what that will look like.
aberrate_junior_beatnik@midwest.social 5 months ago
Hello, I am wondering if I could get a stranger on the internet to let me know if I should use Linux. I just wish more people would literally just say “Use Linux”.
nforminvasion@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Do not not use Linux
barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Use Linux
Rustjesus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Don’t know if this is a useful perspective, I switched to Linux about 2 weeks ago, coming from windows all my life, and most recently win10. It’s been tough, it seems like you can do anything you want, but you’re gonna spend many an hour troubleshooting early on for sure, and if you don’t have some amount of command line experience that’s gonna suck
NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
I’ve been casually using linux for nearly twenty years and i’m still looking up commands i use with some regularity.
Croquette@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
You’ve been using Windows all your life. It will take time to be comfortable with Linux since it’s a different workflow, that’s normal.
Zron@lemmy.world 5 months ago
What have you run into that sticks out to you?
I’m curious because I’ve been on Linux full-time for 2 years now and an avid user for years before, but my friend is thinking of switching and I want to know what he might need help with.
Cantaloupe877@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It’s a tough change, I won’t lie. It depends on what you need too, good luck if you need Adobe apps. The first while is frustrating, weird and unfamiliar, but there will come a time where Windows will feel that way instead.
PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 5 months ago
You know, Linux is great. I love it. I run a lot of things on it. But it can be a frustrating experience. Simply put, its not a one to one replacement and it will simply not fit into some peoples lives like windows has up to this point.
My personal experience with linux desktops (some arch flavors and fedora) combined with Wayland and an Nvidia card have been pretty abysmal.
On prior Fedora’s and Endeavor, I had Firefox crashing constantly, no clue why. Crashes reduced this week with the release of Fedora 43 but its still not stable. This is something I’ve not experienced under windows ever since they rewrote firefox like… 10 years ago now?
With KDE plasma, its system apps like settings crash. I’ve not had to restart my PC with the physical restart button under windows for quite a while now. But when using KDE, the whole thing freezes and will just not respond.
I’ve tried playing some CS2 literally today and couldn’t make it through a match without a crash.
Vendor software for hardware devices (drivers) is missing linux support a lot of the time and while I appreciate open source alternatives, they just don’t cover the edge cases I had. As an example: razer rbg lighting effects stacking is non existent on linux. Open RBG works… but its not good enough.I’m sooo ready to use KDE Plasma on a daily basis and really want to, but the stability I want is just not there yet. If you have simple use cases, don’t stray too far onto the edge, possibly have older hardware and don’t need Wayland or don’t use Nvidia, I’d definitely recommend it. I use Mint on my 14 year old laptop just fine, but its got an old ass nvidia card, uses x11 with cinnamon and I don’t game on it. Stable as a rock. I use Debian on my home server and it hasn’t crashed with a 3 year uptime.
Desktop linux on a gaming machine… I’ve just been disappointed.Sorry for the dump. I’m voicing my frustration out of love for linux, not out of hate.
aberrate_junior_beatnik@midwest.social 5 months ago
I’m in the same camp. I have home servers that run linux and it works great there, but on the desktop I’ve run into a surprising amount of stability issues. It’s honestly worse than it was 20 years ago in that regard.
herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
Just use Linux. Problem solved!
m0darn@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Oh sweet does that let me see the videos?
Magnum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
No it eliminates the reason to waste your time watching a video about Win11 nonstandard installs.
VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
You don’t understand, I’m scouring the internet for obscure archives of videos on how to manually uninstall Windows 11 components with the command line because Linux is just too hard to learn!
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Load Linux. Leave microsloth to die
melsaskca@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
It’s almost like all of the big gigantic companies are in cahoots with one another and then one day…BOOM!..they bought all the governments.
floofloof@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
We could see back in the 1980s, that corporations were becoming more powerful than governments. And that inversion of power has only continued to become more extreme since then.
melsaskca@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
I saw it a lot further back in France, but they were called institutions back then, not corporations. A rose by any other name. It gives me hope that the sleeping giant (the citizenry) can only be pushed so far.
BilSabab@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Wasn’t Google trying to get their own OS off the ground? It’s in their business interest for people to switch from Windows to elsewhere.
DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
It’s not about business interests. We live in the age of fiat currency and these are trillion dollar companies that do almost nothing of value. It’s about control and surveillance and for forcing the peasants to use the algorithms. Competition is a fantasy taught in reganomics classes in college. The reality is these companies are a giant cartel that want to manage all the workers and brainwash us and absolutely will protect each other. It’s not just companies but politics as well. What is the democratic nominee doing right now? Talking about why trans women should be allowed to compete with women in sports. They couldn’t find a more offensive topic to make sure Trump wins again.
BilSabab@lemmy.world 5 months ago
facts. cartel economy is the biggest problem and it cannot be solved without proper legislation. the worst thing is that those cartel are basically the government so good luck doing anything about that.
tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
It’s not in their interest for people to switch to something actually good that they will want to stay on, though.
BilSabab@lemmy.world 5 months ago
the paradox of capitalism. can’t just have a good thing because that doesn’t perpetually generate money at scale.
BCsven@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Fuschia, I think it was called. Their own Linux like OS, but with all their own custom tools
Wolf@lemmy.today 5 months ago
Sounds like a worse version of both Android and Linux.
BilSabab@lemmy.world 5 months ago
gotta check it out
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 5 months ago
Fuschia did get used on some of their smart home stuff that they’ve shifted focus away from. I suspect they were just building a dedicated embedded OS to standardize on for non-phone gadgets that don’t need full fat android
echodot@feddit.uk 5 months ago
Why does Google even care? They should make Microsoft file takedown notices for each of these installs while at the same time promoting Linux after all their own OS runs on Linux (I know it’s a piece of junk that can’t compare to a typewriter but still)
Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
Most likely Microsoft is paying them
floofloof@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Or just sending them takedown requests that Google acts on by default.
themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
Google doesn’t care, this is most likely as algorithm taking down the video based on the title.
yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
I know it’s a normal thing, to not instantly look for alternatives to software you might have used for your entire life, and I get it, if it hasn’t harmed you or done you wrong, then it’s probably fine to stick with what you know.
But as someone who first experienced alternatives to Windows back in 2006, and like others who walked the more beaten path, we’ve grown tired of this stuff. The slow, decline of Windows, and the promise of something better with every update.
It won’t surprise me if one day they decide to full send it and charge a monthly subscription to use the full OS, not one bit. Enshittification, it’s bound to happen. I’m teaching my child about linux now, so they’ll be aware that software doesn’t have to suck.
Try something different, it’s a good way to live, to know you don’t have to remain where you are if you don’t want to. Of course, only if you want to!
bold_atlas@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Thank you. Yep. Just leave your pamphlets and boot DVD by the door and we’ll read them. We’re eating dinner right now.
BCsven@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
They already are poised for this is subscription service, they are selling mini PCs called 365 Link that only have enough OS to reach the cloud and run all M365 apps online… www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-365/link
uhmbah@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Right. A long winded response ignoring the subject of google censorship.
-1
Matticus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
You can’t share a recipe for pizza sauce on lemmy without someone shouting about Linux. It’s just part of life here. Best to accept it.
korazail@lemmy.myserv.one 5 months ago
It seemed somewhat topical to me. Google’s censorship is the same trend of enshittification that Yar is talking about.
There are tons of other comments talking about the censorship issue. Using this moment to plug open source software is not unreasonable.
wabafee@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Like a wise man once said FAFO
Krudler@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Download the ISO from MS, make bootable USB with Rufus. After clicking Start you can choose local account only, bypass TPM and RAM reqs, etc
- Fin -
relativestranger@feddit.nl 5 months ago
rufus can download the latest 10 or 11 iso direct from ms servers (incorporating the fido ps1 script, made by the same guy), so you only need rufus and a flash drive.
Zanathos@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I recently set up quite a few friends and family with Windows 10 IoT Enterprise licenses thanks to MassG. Told them if they don’t get updates past next Tuesday to let me know.
Krudler@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I did the same for my Windows 10 PC… It says my 3-6 year ESU is active, but I get the bug in the setting screen saying Windows no longer gets updates… But I got a defender update the other day! Cautiously optimistic
orioler25@lemmy.world 5 months ago
MajorasMaskForever@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Seems like this war is going to take longer than expected
Credibly_Human@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The noose keeps tightening.
Google also has been trying to argue that modifying client side javascript is equivalent to hacking.
Modifying code running on your own fucking machine, in your own fucking browser.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Well, they can take my plugins and Tampermonkey when they pry it from my cold, dead, hands.
Credibly_Human@lemmy.world 5 months ago
They are fine with this trade
floofloof@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Do you even have a general computing license, citizen?
EnsignWashout@startrek.website 5 months ago
Yes.
At this rate, we will be having a “local files are hard for the average user” debate, here, in another decade.
Which, maybe it will be, at that point.
PlanterTree@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
if you keep enshittifying the file management systems, this will happen.
Credibly_Human@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The crazy thing is that so many issues matter all at once.
sleen@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
They just can’t admit that they’re using ai for the server side scripting, seeing how it doesn’t work out.
Damaskox@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Didn’t click the link.
Why are they taking these videos down?
st3ph3n@midwest.social 5 months ago
Rumor has it their garbage AI thinks they are hacking techniques.
tea@lemmy.today 5 months ago
Why are they removing hacking videos? Have they always done that? IT help videos are the cornerstone of why YouTube has any redeeming value these days. I know, I know, I shouldn’t use it, but sometimes it is the only place that has the info you need.
Phegan@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Come join us in Linux.
Eh_I@lemmy.world 5 months ago
InTheTreetop@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
Come on! It’s fun! And pretty frustrating at times. You’ll hate it. And then love it. Then hate. It’s called emotional balance and it makes character, or some shit, I dunno.
Just get the penguin already.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Time for Peertube to shine!
roofuskit@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Only if people can find the videos.
raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 5 months ago
That indeed is a huge problem. Whenever I try peertube, I get zero search results and I don’t know whether it is because there are so few videos or because the indexing is so badly done or because people do not provide metadata with their uploads…
abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
"You will give us your data no matter what."
- Microsoft and Alphabet.
brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 5 months ago
They are helping you staying away from windows, use linux it’s free
4am@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
As long as the Linux install videos stay up, I actually applaud this
dudesss@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Firefox based and Chromium addon to redirect YouTube and other links to privacy alternatives. Works for Firefox based browsers on Android too.
yumyumsmuncher@feddit.uk 5 months ago
Invidious suck ass, instances don’t work most of the time
prunerye@slrpnk.net 5 months ago
inv.nadeko.net isn’t terribly unreliable, but I usually eliminate most of the other instances from the libredirect list.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Invidious won’t let you play a video that youtube itself removed
ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
just searched youtube for “ windows 11 without microsoft account”.
there are thousands of videos still up.
people will just believe anything that fits their worldview and not check anything out….Stern@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Its like the Tide pod thing. Two or three instances and suddenly its a wave of it happening.
bobo@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The fact that videos remain does not mean that videos haven’t been removed
ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
just because a couple were removed doesn’t mean they were removed because of that….
if thousands of videos exist like that, they’re clearly not removing all videos like that.4am@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
Yeah I don’t understand their take at all.
“They haven’t gotten them all so THEY’RE NOT DOING IT IN THE FIRST PLACE so reactionary with your worldview JEEZ”
This is the kind of low-tier thinking that got us here in the first place.
ramenshaman@lemmy.world 5 months ago
🐧
mesamunefire@piefed.social 5 months ago
Its so nice on peertube nowadays. !peertube@lemmy.world if anyone wants to join and watch/post videos.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Me in 2026: diving into the dark web to find an instruction manual
They took control of the digital town square and now its a prison. Monopolitistic shithole corporate vampire behavior.
“Freedom is dead. Freedom remains dead. And we’ve killed it. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent?”
-Nietzsche 2026
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
Weird that Google would be doing Microsoft a solid like this
1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
why tf are you uploading windows 11 install progressions. is this content nowadays?
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 5 months ago
For those who care, at the first setup screen instead of answering any of the questions press Shift + F10
CMD will open
Type (no quotes) “net user Prefferedusername /add” (replacing Prefferedusername with the user name you wish to use) and press enter.
Next type “net localgroup administrators Prefferedusername /add” and press enter.
Next type “ net user Prefferedusername/active:yes” and press enter.
Next type “net user Prefferedusername /expires:never” and press enter.
Next type “net user administrator /active:no” and press enter.
Next type “net user defaultUser0 /delete” and press enter.
Next type “regedit” and press enter.
This opens registry editor navigate to “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OOBE”
Delete DefaultAccountAction, DefaultAccountSAMName, and DefaultAccountSID
Right click on LaunchUserOOBE and rename it to SkipMachineOOBE and make sure the value is set to 1.
Close registry editor and type shutdown /r /t 0.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 5 months ago
Very strange, cause as the first reply to the top comment says, it’s NOT Microsoft requesting these takedowns. Why are Google taking the videos down without Microsoft asking them to?