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lax4ever | 4 months ago

Autounattend files are about to become far more popular...

And on that note, have to recommend this tool for them: https://schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator/

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fao_|4 months ago

All the lamentations of having to tinker with Linux to get it to work properly are rapidly approaching a nuclear level irony bomb...

nebula8804|4 months ago

There is no comparison. Linux suffers from "not my department" syndrome. If some component in the stack borks the install you are in hell trying to fix it and risk breaking something else.

Windows for all its faults still has some semblance of the majority of the OS being developed under one roof so things actually work together.

lax4ever|4 months ago

I understand the desire to get out from under the MS umbrella, as there are definitely legitimate gripes. But I also see the irony that if you have the technical ability to install a Linux distro, you definitely have the technical ability to use an autounattend XML.

mr_mitm|4 months ago

I'm currently trying to set one up. What do I have to put in there so the OOBE is skipped, or at least skip the online account part? My goal is to install a Windows 11 in a VM with zero user interaction.

Edit: Actually, currently the whole thing is failing after the second reboot for other reasons. I get an error that says there is some malformed command in the unattend.xml or something. Couldn't fully debug it yet - it's possible the setup succeeds after I figure this one out.