PC Master Race

While I can appreciate and support the MS hate, I should probably point out that the Firefox.exe.sig file is a normal part of a Firefox install, it is not the exe, it did not get renamed or encrypted. It’s likely Firefox was in the middle of an update when your system crashed.

Yup, Microsoft fucking sucks. Unfortunately some of us are stuck with them for now, because reasons.

For anyone wanting to bypass the Microsoft account bullshit when setting up Windows, here are the steps:

• Don’t plug the PC into your network
• At the WIFI setup stage, press Shift-F10
• Type oobe\bypassnro (in the command window, then press Enter)
• Reboot. Finish installation.

I've previously posted videos showing you how to do this, but the Dwight Schrutes of lemmy yell at me when I do that. Anyway, you can find it on YouTube (if you don't have ADHD and appreciate actually seeing someone do the steps first).

Edit: Here's a link to a video at the relevant time offset. You don't have to watch the whole thing, only a minute or two:

https://youtu.be/Mn9bhG4nWeI

I never wanted that trash on my PC!

In a few years, you won't think much of it. And neither will almost anyone else. Windows $VERSION-1's horrible new features have become "normal" and accepted by the herd, and so too will Windows $CURRENT-VERSION's horrible new features.

Boiling frog, normalization, salami slicing, the tyrant's tip toe.

Microsoft, and other big tech companies, know this well. And they will continue to exploit the public's amnesiac memory.

Making my prediction now: In 2028+/- 1 year, anyone objecting to antifeatures specifically similar to copilot will promptly be shouted down as being a tin foil hat conspiracy theorist "OMG you're such a schizoid, just use what everyone else is using! It's not so bad. Sheesh!"

Fuck Microsoft and all that, but you might have a hardware problem if Kubuntu is crashing too. It won't install Copilot and it's less likely to lose you files but you probably want to look into it. RAM, SSD, etc.