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What I learned from 3 years of running Windows 11 on “unsupported” PCs (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Because of course there's absolutely no program a regular person outside of work could possibly need Windows for. None at all. Not a single application. Not a single game. Not a single piece of hardware they're using (like many laptops with hardware needing specific drivers that don't exist for linux).

Nope, absolutely nothing a regular user could have a need for Windows.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I didn't say all applications work. I said use better ones.

As for hardware, less computers support win11 than Linux. You can run Linux on 40 year old computers, and on brand new computers.

Ans this article is literally about bypassing the restrictions that were put in place to protect users with CPUs that have the specte and meltdown vulnerabilities. You're safer on win10 even after they stop supporting it than win11.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So just another variation of the "you're using it wrong" excuse. Gotcha.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 weeks ago

If you'd rather risk becoming a botnet node than to even consider using alternative software then you are absolutely using it wrong.

If your computer doesn't support win11, then switching to Linux before win10 ends is the only right choice. The other less right choices are:

Stay on win10, Upgrade to win11 and disconnect it from the network and the internet permanently.

The worst choice is do what OP did.

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