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SleepyCatten (Metastable, Skill Regression Arc) @SleepyCatten@cultofshiv.wtf
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We've decided to do something truly awful, but we ask you not to judge us too harshly.

We're trying out Windows 11 on an old laptop. (We bypassed the TPM requirement by adding some registry values during the installation.)

Why are we doing this?

We need to see how useable it is as an OS not just for ourselves, but for family members, since Windows 10 will shortly cease to get updates.

As such, it's kind of an experiment. We brought the old laptop back to life, so it'll be a good test of how well Windows 11 runs on decade-old hardware.

If it doesn't work well, then we've got to make the more-difficult push towards trying out recommended Linux distros, which we definitely don't have the spoons for right now.
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​:butterfly_lesbian:​ Jennifer ​:butterfly_trans:​ @transcendentempress@peculiar.florist
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@SleepyCatten To be really honest, I'm totally wondering right now which system is the most energy-burning (for the purely OS setup part, the additional softs part on Linux is very probably still more demanding).

Windows 11 is so clogged with settings to check if set right or deactivated that booting first time on any user-friendly Linux is just a breeze in comparison.
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SleepyCatten (Metastable, Skill Regression Arc) @SleepyCatten@cultofshiv.wtf
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@transcendentempress True. We've just got so used to changing all those Windows settings that we no longer think about how much of a chore it is to change group policies, uninstall rubbish, disable certain elements, block UAC, and disable automatic updates.

This is partly why we wanted to test it on a laptop: to see how easy it is to do on Windows 11 firsthand.
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​:butterfly_lesbian:​ Jennifer ​:butterfly_trans:​ @transcendentempress@peculiar.florist
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@SleepyCatten Wow you're doing even more than what I had in mind as "there's so much to check". xD
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