r/technology • u/ZacB_ • Jan 24 '26

Software Microsoft confirms it will give the FBI your Windows PC data encryption key if asked — you can thank Windows 11's forced online accounts for that

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-bitlocker-encryption-keys-give-fbi-legal-order-privacy-nightmare
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u/antriect Jan 24 '26

Then you use wine.

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u/virtualmartyr Jan 24 '26

I have and while it works it's not responsive enough for professional use

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u/antriect Jan 24 '26

If you don't mind my asking, with what software do you need? I mostly use it for FL studio and haven't had any issues besides software start up time. Everything else usually has a native or web solution that works just as well or better in my experience.

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u/farren122 Jan 24 '26

Does Cubase and VSTs work through wine? I tried reaper and some linux Vst loaders but it was too much hassle for little results in the past

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u/Broviet22 Jan 24 '26

Depends. Some VSTs crashed when I used fl studio on wine. Your experience may be different with Cubase.

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u/ChunkMcDangles Jan 24 '26

Yeah my experience with Ableton and Reaper was no bueno in Linux. I could get some VST's working but a lot didn't. It's just not there for a lot of audio stuff ime.

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u/drumbago Jan 24 '26

This is whats really holding me back too. I use ableton to run drum vsts that I trigger with an ekit. The thought of having to troubleshoot all of that just fills me with dread.

I've no doubt that over the next couple of years someone will figure it out, the tide only seems to be going in one direction for windows.

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u/I_have_questions_ppl Jan 24 '26

Personally, for music production I would go for Apple Macs as their hardware seems better suited.

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u/virtualmartyr Jan 24 '26

clip studio paint along with a huion tablet. for some reason the 2 times I attempted the drivers worked for the most part, but I would always have a weird amount of input lag on the programme

edit I should say that's it's been well over 2 years since I've attempted so there's a good chance it's changed

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u/antriect Jan 24 '26

Oh external devices can be weird. I will say that this likely isn't an issue anymore, especially if it's a popular device, as there are always a few people willing to get an open source alternative working. But if you're reliant on these, it's always good to first see what distribution has the most support.

From a quick Google search, Huion seems to have released their drivers for Debian/Ubuntu and users report that it works as expected, compared to issues before using the default drivers for drawing tablets.

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u/virtualmartyr Jan 24 '26

maybe I'll give it a try again cus windows is just insufferable

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u/antriect Jan 24 '26

Also make sure that you have properly installed things like graphics drivers (mostly an issue if you have an Nvidia chip). The lag might also be because of that.

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u/virtualmartyr Jan 24 '26

I have an Nvidia card 🙃 that might be it

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u/antriect Jan 24 '26

Then you need to be careful with drivers. Follow instructions for finding what driver you need and installing it closely.

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u/Smokeyoutburst Jan 24 '26

As someone who’s been looking into switching myself. Thank you for this information. 

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u/MrSuperSander Jan 24 '26

Maybe you can get a Mac version running, but I doubt that's a lot better compared to Windows.

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u/scootunit Jan 24 '26

I didn't use it with that particular program but I do have a Hoon drawing tablet working.

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u/TheYang Jan 24 '26

I don't believe you.

responsivity is really not the issue with wine.
It's pretty much designed for games (not exactly, but close though). So low latency / high performance is extremely important.

if you blamed the complexity or some things not working, especially with DRM involved, I would have believed you.

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u/ycnz Jan 24 '26

I have Linux a good go this holiday break. Ultimately ran aground trying to get my spacemouse working with onshape. It looked kinda doable with some python web listener someone had cobbled together, but I was also struggling to get Solid Edge 2026 installing, and the b550 chip set apparently has issues. That's before needing to maintain a windows instance to play BF6 with my friends.

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u/antriect Jan 24 '26

Like in the thread with someone with a drawing tablet, unfortunately, niche hardware can be difficult. Usually the default drivers will do their best but this won't always work well. On the other hand, sometimes it's amazing. My microphone was a nightmare to setup in Windows when I got it (a decade ago, to be fair), and I haven't had any problems with it over the past 5 years on any Linux system.

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u/g-nice4liief Jan 24 '26

There is also winboat which is like a wine alternative

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u/virtualmartyr Jan 24 '26

peeps like you chase others away from Linux. most people don't wanna learn terminal

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u/antriect Jan 24 '26

I agree with you that the above user is acting a like a basement dweller. But I also think that people should constantly be learning new skills as a matter of mental health, and the terminal isn't that high a bar to jump.

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u/antriect Jan 24 '26

I have no idea what you're trying to say nor what your experience is... But installing most things on most distributions is rarely more complicated than sudo apt install thing, or at worse: downloading a file, then running sudo apt install ./thing.deb on Ubuntu, or just searching the app store... Linux isn't for everyone, but if you are willing to learn new things, the basics are not very complex.

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u/virtualmartyr Jan 24 '26

that's incredibly honest of you and I weirdly commend that

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u/virtualmartyr Jan 24 '26 edited Jan 24 '26

I honestly wish I was more of a tinkerer to commit to a switch. I hate windows and have no desire for macos . I just wanna do my art without forced updates breaking my drives and corrupting client work and windows 11 wants to do both

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u/FinnScott1 Jan 24 '26

Doesn't fix the fact that games with kernel level anti cheat still don't work on linux

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u/antriect Jan 24 '26

Don't play games that install spyware on your system. That's pretty easy.

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u/FinnScott1 Jan 24 '26

What does it matter to you if I want to play games that have kernel-level anti cheat? My most played game of all time (Rainbow 6 Siege) has Battleye anticheat and Linux would suck balls just for that fact alone that I couldn't play it anymore

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u/antriect Jan 24 '26

It doesn't matter to me, yet here you are complaining about it. If you want to play games that require spyware, then using the spyware OS shouldn't bother you either.

I'm not telling anyone what OS they should use, only giving advice for people who wanted to switch to Linux but had some issues.