One “simple trick” and your next Windows install will be blissfully free of bloatware.

Basically, install Windows as you normally would, but when asked for Time and Currency format, select English (World) instead of your country.

Then let the installer do its thing. Eventually, you will see a window with an ice cream cone on the floor with the words “Something went wrong” and the error message “OOBEREGION.” This cryptic message means that the “out of box experience” (OOBE) didn’t launch because it didn’t know which region to launch.

Click Skip, though, and Windows will install just fine. You won’t be prompted to buy Microsoft 365, you won’t be prompted to pay for a OneDrive subscription, and your Start menu won’t be cluttered with apps.

  • 13617@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    1 year ago

    insert specific versions of missing dependencies here for whatever program you try to run

    • the_q@lemmy.worldEnglish
      42·
      1 year ago

      I mean sure I guess? I don’t know what you’re running where that happens a lot, but everything I have on my system has been as easy or easier to install as Windows.

      Joking and snark aside, Linux can be as difficult or as easy to use as you want it to be.

        • the_q@lemmy.worldEnglish
          32·
          1 year ago

          Are you serious? I can install nearly any software just by typing ‘sudo apt install’ and that’s it. How is that difficult?