Depending on what OP actually wants to do it might be simpler to just install Linux normally in a VM. I recommend Hyper-v if you are using Windows Pro and if you are using Windows Home I recommend upgrading to Pro using MAS scripts or using a workaround to install Hyper-V on Home.

You could also use a hypervisor like virtualbox but they are type 2 hypervisors which are usually slower compared to type 1 like Hyper-v or KVM.

You said it was malicious though.

some companies will get creative with it and make their source available but in a way that is useless without the backend. And even if they don’t maliciously comply with the license, they can still charge for their services.

What is wrong with charging for your services?

Open source licences aren’t meant to make it impossible to earn money or anything. As long as companies comply with the licences I don’t see anything wrong with it.

If a licence wants to make it impossible to earn money they should put that in the actual licence.

It would be legally stupid for them to abuse that.

If you know of any malware hosted by them you should report it too them.

That’s because Windows is generally very backwards compatible.

NTFS is case insensitive because it’s supposed to be more POSIX compatible than its precursors.

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/backup-and-storage/fat-hpfs-and-ntfs-file-systems#posix-support

Personally I don’t give a shit about justifying my piracy. There are a lot of people in this sub that can’t do anything else.

You don’t have to have a technical background though. Anyone from any background could learn it if they wanted too. A technical background obviously helps though.

Sure dude.

I paid for the product, now I’m gonna use it the way I want to.

Well obviously you are too scared to do that, lol.

P.S. If you dislike Nintendo don’t buy their products in the future and just pirate on a PC

I never said there was anything wrong with that, I have pirated multiple terabytes of various stuff including Nintendo games (though I play them on my Deck).

I was just explaining what your “philosophical” (🙄) reasons were.

Also you could just sell the switch if you don’t like Nintendo. Don’t pretend that you are forced to pirate or something.

They want free stuff.

Titanfall 2 is really great.

The gameplay is also very varied and each level has a new fun gimmick and it never overstays its welcome.

Also what the hell is up with everyone saying “free as beer”?

Beer isn’t free!

They specifically asked about active communities. What use is a recommendation to another platform with fewer active communities?

I recommend news agencies* like Reuters, AP, and AFP. If you want to just get pure news.

*News agencies are companies that primarily sell news to other companies like CNN.

Ah, alright. Like an API key.

Use an adbocker?

What passcode? Are you referring to recovery codes?

My work use it in a limited capacity.

We primarily use Windows but some also use MacOS and some use our internal Linux spin off Ubuntu. With some internal tools and all that.

The Linux users are primarily developers and a few Linux admins and I’m pretty sure the Linux platform is maintained by a developer.