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Microsoft allows Windows 11 to be installed on older, unsupported hardware but specifically nixes official support — minimum requirements for full compatibility remain unchanged (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] Womble 95 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Looks like they're getting a bit nervy that this forced obsolescence might actually push some people away from windows

[–] Wooki 0 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Did it for me. I went full tilt to nixos, none of this mint or popos business

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

We gatekeeping distros now?

[–] Wooki 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Your head is bent if you think thats a gatekeeping comment

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just kinda comes across like Mint or PopOS are somehow “less-than.”

[–] Wooki 1 points 1 week ago

Its the opposite. Well done. Nix is very difficult.

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