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Microsoft is cracking down on people upgrading to Windows 11 on unsupported hardware
(www.xda-developers.com)
And here I am trying NOT to install on my PC.
this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2025
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Why do they care? Don't they want the tiny market share of Windows 11 to go up?
Well if you buy say a new laptop it will come with an OEM license so they make a sale unlike if you use your old windows 7/8/10 license on your unsuported laptop
Your argument is flawed. The situation is using Windows 11 on unsupported hardware. So the sale you are talking about has already happened which invalidates your point
I'm assuming you simply misread the question
Windows 7/8/10 are irrelevant as that's an entirely different situation
When you get a new laptop it comes with Windows (except in very rare exceptions). So microsoft collects another sale.
All the other windows versions are very important to my argument as you can use old 7/8/10 licenses to activate Win 11.
to activate Win 11.
You didn't include this in your argument that's why it was flawed
They don't care about home users buying licenses. That's probably less than 1% of license sales. As long as businesses are buying it they're happy. You can activate Windows with a github script. Microsoft would have fixed that vulnerability if they really cared.
I don’t know much about business but I think that that is what they think that they’re doing….
While this article is about upgrading to Win11, not necessarily a clean install, I found the best way to bypass the requirements is to make an autounnatend with Schneegans.de . Make a Win11 installation USB, generate an autounnatend to bypass the requirements, remove bloat, allow offline install (local account instead of Microsoft account), and a couple other little tweaks like dark mode etc. Drop the xml on the root of the flash drive, and boom.
Or... You know... Install Linux.
Rufus can do this too
The update claims that Windows Defender now identifies the app as potential malware. Flyby11 is a popular third-party tool that allows people to dodge the TPM 2.0 requirement and install Windows 11 on any machine, so Defender suddenly taking a dislike for the app does raise a few eyebrows.
Well, it was only a matter of time until MS abuses their malware scanner for software they don't like.
I was really considering getting a new laptop and now I want it to be a Debian laptop. :^
I wish Debian's installer didn't suck. I want to be able to use btrfs without manually partitioning. I know how to manually partition in Calamarus or whatever it's called but Debian's installer confused the shit out of me. Void Linux also had a more straightforward installer. Aside from that, Debian is great.
How do you choose a Linux OS?
Personal preference really but Debian is pretty much just Ubuntu without the bloat. You can also try a lot of them on a live disk without installing (Mint is a good option too).
I am using Linux for work anyway and used Windoof just for gaming. I have heard good things about gaming on Linux recently, so that's a good incentive to make the full switch.
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