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Windows 12 May Require a Subscription (www.pcmag.com)
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[A]n INI configuration file in the Windows Canary channel, discovered by German website Deskmodder, includes references to a "Subscription Edition," "Subscription Type," and a "subscription status."

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[–] popemichael@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

After seeing what the Steam Deck does with Windows emulation for games, my interset in having a windows gaming computer is barely hanging on.

This would 100% influence my next gaming computer to shy away from Windows 12

[–] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wine Is Not an Emulator (WINE)

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Every time I read this I have an eternal mirror panic attack.

[–] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

GNU's Not Unix (GNU)

(We really love our loops here)

[–] MyCodeZero@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Just try fedora, you wont be able to go back