What do you expect from Windows 11?

[Sar]

That’ll just require the VM software manufacturers to update their configurations to allow the guest OS to detect TPM on the host machine. Not a huge deal.

If they’d en-masse blocked all other VMs from using Win11 as a guest OS then that would be a retrograde step, but this is just Win11’s TPM 2.0 requirement (realistically any machine built in the past 4 years should have TPM 2.0*) kicking in.

Sure, it’s a bit crappy for older hardware, but I’m not sure how well Win11 would run on a 10yr old Thinkpad anyway regardless

But isn’t that why we love Linux?

*Something I’ve had to look into for our corporate machines in work, as Bitlocker has the exact same TPM 2.0 requirement, as we’re looking to switch to it for our encryption needs.

[zoli62]

@limotux

I did an experiment on a friend in 2003, I had a desktop (made 1999) with Suse on it, KDE. A friend came on and said oh, this windows looks strange a bit. I lied (for a reason) and told him this is the beta of the next coming Windows, a friend in relation with Microsoft as a beta tester got it and gave it to me to try. Why don’t you try yourself?

There was a similar research from Microsoft in the early 2000s. They planted people on computers running operating systems unknown to them and asked them to tell them what operating system they thought was running on the device they were using. Surprisingly, many who have been given a Linux computer have said that the machine they are using is running Windows.

[limotux]

@zoli62

Surprisingly, many who have been given a Linux computer have said that the machine they are using is running Windows

This what I’m talking about.
People don’t know and don’t care.
There is no reason Linux can’t replace windoze

Remember -again:
. If there is a will there is a way
. I’ll find a way or make one

Drivers and stuff, in most cases it works and manufacturers will do it, for their own benefit.