Comment by ❄ freezr
Re: "Been spending some free time putting Windows 11 on my 12…"
my kids' computers have Win11 only has fallback, they run Debian by default. Actually one of those computer is telling me that Win11 is expired, and I don't understand what does it means since it doesn't allow me to buy anything...
Luckily or devilishly since all the services are in the cloud you can use whatever you want as long as a browser that supports them, so I have LibreWolf as a main browser and Vivaldi as backup.
2025-04-26 · 1 year ago
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👻 darkghost · 2025-04-26 at 11:18:
I'd be curious to know what win11 expiring also means. It's on the computer and unless you're procuring from sources that fly the Jolly Roger, there isn't an excuse for legit copies to get disabled. Unless it's one of these things where it has to phone home every month or whatever.
🚀 stack · 2025-04-26 at 13:08:
At least they failed to lock the conputer up with secure whatever chip... For a while I was sure that they would eradicate linux that way.
Original Post
Been spending some free time putting Windows 11 on my 12 year old desktop (I know). It's amazing how much Microsoft is trying to kill off old hardware for no reason. Had to use Rufus to bypass the hardware check. I got a new SSD, and 8 gig ram on a fresh install and it runs just fine for my needs. Forced obsolescence. reinstalling apps and WSL has actually been enjoyable if I'm being honest.
💬 9 comments · 1 like · 2025-04-06 · 1 year ago · #hardware #Windows_11