You can turn off those requirements a few ways. IIRC using Rufus to make the bootable USB can, or something like Windows X-Lite which absolutely strips away all the M$ bullshit, like edge, defender, telemetry, bloat, and ads.
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Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 months ago
Drop requirements for TPM and secure boot then.
That shit is just Xbone Kinect all over again.
Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
Desolder your tpm chip to prevent forced downgrade to win11
anivia@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
Disabling it in Bios is enough
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
Eventually, windows will just override it.
laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Oh, can you do this?
aniki@lemm.ee 7 months ago
That seems much easier than installing Linux.
laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Or don’t buy a machine with that bullshit.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 months ago
If you’ve got a CPU from the last 6 years or so, you’ve probably already got one.
laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Hence I will never get rid of my 2017 laptop that doesn’t qualify for Windows 11. The day Windows 10 stops updating for it is the day I’ll install Linux in it.
aniki@lemm.ee 7 months ago
x86 cpu.
There’s no bullshit on Arm and RISC.