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mctoasterson@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Microsoft literally wanted me to convert my desktop to e-waste as it lacks the magical TPM chip that Win11 demands.

I said “fuck that” and pulled the Boot SSD, kept the existing non-boot drives for data, and put in a brand new SSD, encrypted it and installed Pop OS in one shot.

Not only was it easy, I lost literally zero critical functionality vs. what I had with Win 10. There is a Linux app equivalent for everything I had before. I had a few driver issues but most were auto-discovered including obscure ancient printers and scanners on my network.

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dan@upvote.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

it lacks the magical TPM chip that Win11 demands.

How old is it? TPM has been standard equipment for a long time now.

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- KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Does it really matter? I’ve been using my i7 from 2016 and it’s still going strong.
  
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  - dan@upvote.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Depends on if you use any security features that require a TPM. If not, the older chips are fine. For example, my employer requires TPM 2.0 for both Windows and Linux systems, since they store all encryption keys and certificates on it (including WPA2-Enterprise key for wifi, 802.1x key for Ethernet auth, Bitlocker key on Windows, etc)
    
    For home use, if you don’t use any of those features, the main thing you’ll miss out on is support for Windows 11, which is fine if you’re using Linux.
    
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    KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    In a way, I see the lack of windows support as a positive.
    
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WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Why did you have to replace the SSD?

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- mctoasterson@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I didn’t “have to” but, a few reasons…
  
  Swapping the drive created a pretty easy rollback path that was just “put original drive back”
  
  The drive was ~10 years old, and was in the range of recommended replacement for an SSD with the amount of TBW and age it had.
  
  Original drive was kinda small and a new larger drive was available for not very much money.
  
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__siru__@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Arguably sometimes drivers for older devices are more likely to have been ported to Linux at some point then conpletely new devices.

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Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
It’s not just TPM. Older Intel CPU’s have unpatchable hardware flaws.

arstechnica.com/…/5-years-of-intel-cpus-and-chips…

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