As you know we do not live in a vacuum....
On 2025-05-02 05:33, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> even though this is about windows I find this thread rather
> entertaining.
>
> On Thu, May 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM JD Austin via PLUG-discuss
> <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
>> Someone probably already said it, but you can use Rufus to create
>> usb install media to upgrade unsupported Windows 10 installations to
>> Windows 11.
>> Not sure how out of spec your hardware is, but I've upgraded VMs and
>> laptops without TPM 2.0.
>> You're just asking for trouble running an unsupported OS.
>>
>> Rufus can be downloaded from https://rufus.ie/en/
>>
>> Rufus works great to create bootable Linux USB sticks too.
>>
>> In addition to downloading Rufus, you’ll want to download an ISO
>> file. Windows 11 ISO files can be downloaded from
>> https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11
>> Once you have these two downloads, run Rufus, ensure you’ve
>> selected a USB drive and the ISO file from within Rufus and choose
>> to start. Another dialog will come up with various setup options
>> including a check box to bypass the Windows 11 hardware
>> requirements. This is checked by default. Start the USB creation
>> process at this point. Once your USB drive is created, open it from
>> within Windows and run Setup. Again, you should not need to boot off
>> the USB drive. Finish setup and your OS will be updated.
>>
>> This is a Linux mailing list and you can get pretty far with
>> Crossover Linux and such, but there are a lot of things that won't
>> run.
>>
>> If you're using it to browse the Internet and use web apps then that
>> works just as well in any Linux distribution.
>>
>> JD
>>
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