Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements creeping into everything

Re:Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements cre... by memcg on Monday June 15, 2026 @01:14PM (#48544274)

I responded because your solution was to use Linux Mint which I have installed a few times on older hardware. My experience getting older relatives to use Mint has not gone well. The most common is their reliance on Microsoft Office. Windows S mode and having to use the Microsoft Store might save me time supporting them.

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Re:Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements cre... by ReallyOldLurker on Monday June 15, 2026 @05:00PM (#48546972)

"My experience getting older relatives to use Mint has not gone well. The most common is their reliance on Microsoft Office"

I was asked by an older friend to put Linx on their computer because they were too frusterated with MS Windows. She also used MS Word and Powerpoint a lot. I said that I had installed a different version of Offce because it was all I had at the time, so the menus would be slightly different. It was three years before she discovering that LibreOffice was not Microsoft Office. By that time it didn't matter.

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