going to follow this guy's process to extend another year without an account
never going to 11. just need more time because I'm putting in a dedicated HDD for linux (maybe Pop, maybe mint, dunno yet) and need to do other work first
kind of like it being nice to have a backup car if you are going to DIY your daily driver, I would like the cushion as I try out different linux builds. and don't want to step up a driver fuckery dual boot so am just going to select boot drive directly from BIOS