Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Linux@programming.devEnglish · edit-22 months agoLinux or Landfill? End of Windows 10 Leaves PC Charities with Tough Choicewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkLinux or Landfill? End of Windows 10 Leaves PC Charities with Tough Choicewww.tomshardware.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Linux@programming.devEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square91fedilink
minus-squareNorah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThe TPM chip is the issue here, and not a requirement under Linux.
minus-squareNorah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoSee that’s where you’re wrong though, because my computer does have a TPM chip and still can’t run Win11. That’s because Microsoft locked them down to v2.0 or newer ones and mine’s only a v1.2 chip.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoLinux runs just fine in 4. Or much less. It depends a lot on what you use it for. My 486 had a whooping 32 Megs of memory and ran Linux just fine. Regarding MS, the main problem is the changing of the goalpost. And I’m not so sure there’s even any point to the whole TPM thing anyway.
deleted by creator
The TPM chip is the issue here, and not a requirement under Linux.
deleted by creator
See that’s where you’re wrong though, because my computer does have a TPM chip and still can’t run Win11. That’s because Microsoft locked them down to v2.0 or newer ones and mine’s only a v1.2 chip.
deleted by creator
Linux runs just fine in 4. Or much less. It depends a lot on what you use it for. My 486 had a whooping 32 Megs of memory and ran Linux just fine.
Regarding MS, the main problem is the changing of the goalpost. And I’m not so sure there’s even any point to the whole TPM thing anyway.
deleted by creator