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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • learn how to make and recover a windows backup. Then actually make a backup. (even if you dont switch, backups are amazing)

    Test some Linux systems in a VM like VirtualBox to get a feeling which OS and desktop enviroment you like the most. Maybe start with Mint, Suse Tumbleweed & Ubuntu

    See which Applications you need and if they run on Linux or if you need to get an alternative (like Office -> Libreoffice/SoftMaker)

    If you play games with a kernel Anticheat like Valo you have to consider running a Windows VM or to look for an alternative. If booth options are not acceptible for you then :/

    Make sure you can access everything like emails & co where you might have lost the 2 factor on the VM (at least i lost access to gmail a few months ago on the switch and its an absolute pain to get access back, luckely was not my main)





  • Currently having problems with GMail I lost my old phone (2fA) and no device was logged in so i could not access steam and like everything that requires that old mail

    And my phone provider or postal service is stupid because i could not get a replacement sim after multiple tries which normally works

    Googles account recovery policy is basically:

    • 2fA
    • recovery email
    • create a new account x.x

    I think the recovery mail option only gets unlocked after 6? months inactivity because ~3 months ago i did not have the option

    Now after requesting a recovery i still have to wait a full month before they maybe send me a password reset to my moms mail

    But steam support was nice. Managed to get the account by providing a product key i used a few months ago and was lucky enough not to have thrown the physical card away