The Operating System Thread: Windows, MacOS, ChromeOS, Linux, and more

[Lily Adler]

So does Windows 10 have the same startup sound as Windows 7 or not? The community seems split on this.

 

[Lily Adler]

Garuda Linux | Downloads

Definitely like the looks of this distro which is being called a great beginning OS for gamers.

 

[Lily Adler]

So MS has spoken. My computer will not be getting Windows 11. My Intel processor is too old to support it now.

 

[Gee]

Microsoft will release Windows 11 on October 5th

So MS has spoken. My computer will not be getting Windows 11. My Intel processor is too old to support it now.

You can still upgrade using the ISO method, but MS has said the OS will be in an unstable state and you won't get (some?) updates.

Microsoft won’t stop you installing Windows 11 on older PCs

 

[Lily Adler]

Microsoft will release Windows 11 on October 5th

You can still upgrade using the ISO method, but MS has said the OS will be in an unstable state and you won't get (some?) updates.

Microsoft won’t stop you installing Windows 11 on older PCs

Yay... kind of.

 

[Lily Adler]

So I tried to do the upgrade with ISO method and the son of ***** doesn't like my PC because it's not Secure Boot. So I have to take care of that first.

 

[Lily Adler]

I think it's because your SSD is an MBR disk instead of a GPT disk.

Open a command in admin and run: diskpart, then list disk. See if there's an asterisk under the GPT column for your SSD.

You can convert from MBR to GPT in you want:
Change a Master Boot Record (MBR) into a GUID partition table (GPT) disk

Obviously, you'll lose everything so back up your files first.

I'm debating on doing this, but I'm still hesitant.

 

[Lily Adler]

Okay I successfully have Windows 11 running on my laptop...