• Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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    6 days ago

    As a result, some consumers resorted to purchasing TPM modules for their existing hardware, while others turned to customized Windows 11 ISOs that bypassed the TPM requirement entirely.

    Who is doing this?!? If you are a business user, your company should pay for a new PC. If you are a gamer, you have a year to upgrade your MB. Everyone else has a year to figure out if Linux is right for them. At this point, Linux can perfectly cover most non-business users or those who are not multiplayer online gamers.

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      5 days ago

      No, it can’t, because it is not even remotely as user friendly - and even if it was, the mere fact that its user experience is extremely different makes a switch quite difficult to anyone but the most basic users (who need little more than a web browser).

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        5 days ago

        LOL. Linux is what I install for elderly family members precisely because, depending on the distro, it is moron proof. Not every distro is Arch or SuSE.

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          5 days ago

          Do your elderly family members belong to the aforementioned group of most basic users?

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      5 days ago

      The amount of corporate environments running old builds, 3+ patches behind or pro/home versions would shock anybody with an inkling of security awareness.

      If you’re going to run Windows as a business and especially if you’re going to rely on Defender, you gotta be on top of shit. Most are woefully far outside of that