Microsoft closes another door for bypassing the TPM 2.0 requirement in Windows 11
Microsoft closes another door for bypassing the TPM 2.0 requirement in Windows 11
It's only in the beta versions of Windows at the moment but it won't be long before it's fully rolled out.
It has to be easier to just switch to Linux than it is to do these bypasses
45That's kind of why I switched. I was spending time and effort trying to force Windows to obey, I decided I might as well spend that time on an OS that wasn't actively fighting against me.
15It really is.
6I got an Ubuntu 5.10 CD rom in them mail, using Linux then was a major decision. In 2016 I moved to a Linux only lifestyle and it was only a little hard. Now everything is web based and nearly every game in my Steam library runs on stock Debian, I would recommend LMDE/Mint/Ubuntu to any PC gamer and even most casual users.
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Didn't they have their surprised Pikachu face moment about people not switching to 11 already?
29Microsoft is doing its best to make Year of the Linux Desktop a reality
34Can't thank them enough, honestly. The only thing holding me back is my fear of messing it up when I try to dual boot. I think I'm just hoping I will figure out a good alternative to the exactly one type of software that I need so I don't have to deal with that. I mean really, it's literally just a PDF editor so I know there's an alternative. It just makes me anxious.
Edit: also, it wouldn't let me select the language of my comment. It said this community doesn't allow posts in English. Is that something I messed up or do some communities just not allow it to be specified?
Edit 2: finally finishing up the install now! A few minor hiccups but it was all user error.
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Microsoft business was never meant to convince: it's either forcing their way in by bully OEMs in doing what they want, and make sure Linux isn't an option, like in the ACPI case, or buy successful companies that elude their direct control (or simply buy companies that already won the battle they are fighting, like their desperate attempt to make a success "Microsoft Game Studio" and instead resort to buy Bethesda, Activision etc.)
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If you've bought or built a new PC within the last eight or so years, then it'll almost certainly have a TPM chip, but the older the hardware, the less likely it'll be present or the right version.
That meant when Windows 11 appeared with its TPM 2.0 requirement, an enormous swathe of perfectly viable PCs were left without the chance to upgrade to the latest version of Windows
Linux people: Linux would never do you dirty like this.
Mac people: Whoa, they let you use EIGHT YEAR OLD hardware? Lucky!
27Seriously. I'm running the same version of the same distro on machines manufactured over a decade apart. And even if my distro dropped support for my older machine in its next version, I have 10 years to find a replacement.
6But over in the phone world:
Android phone :: two years old? We don't do updates any more. Buy a new phone.
Google/Samsung :: if you buy our expensive range, we can do five years of updates. Isn't that great!
iPhone SE 1st gen :: still going strong with updates after 8 years.
3My HP Zbook didn't pass the Windows check, it said TPM is wrong version. i ran the HP firmware update to bring TPM chip from 1.2 to 2.0 version. Reran the Windows checker, it now failed it on the CPU (where as previously the CPU was approved). So they are telling me to keep running OpenSUSE :)
2Macs run until you can’t find an installable browser.
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