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minus-squarederpgon@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 day agoAnd for those tech-savvy, or with tech-savvy family members, you can put Win11 on basically any PC. It may run like this, but all the requirements can be disabled.
minus-squareLaser@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoIt depends. Microsoft has recently enabled compilation options for their binaries that will make them incompatible with older CPUs: https://www.guru3d.com/story/windows-11-24h2-new-cpu-instruction-requirements-impact-compatibility-on-older-hardware/ Granted, these are quite old nowadays, but they could enforce newer instructions as well, like AVX-512.
minus-squareOfiuco@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agoThis is my plan since I couldn’t make my lan (vpn) work in linux for the emulators and games I use
And for those tech-savvy, or with tech-savvy family members, you can put Win11 on basically any PC. It may run like this, but all the requirements can be disabled.
It depends. Microsoft has recently enabled compilation options for their binaries that will make them incompatible with older CPUs: https://www.guru3d.com/story/windows-11-24h2-new-cpu-instruction-requirements-impact-compatibility-on-older-hardware/
Granted, these are quite old nowadays, but they could enforce newer instructions as well, like AVX-512.
This is my plan since I couldn’t make my lan (vpn) work in linux for the emulators and games I use