In my case, I was able to install a vanilla Windows 11 ISO with a flash drive, downloaded directly from Microsoft, so it's not like I was bypassing any CPU checks. All I had to do was muck about a bit in the BIOS/EFI to tell it to boot from the flash drive.
Part of the reason I like Linux, despite its occasional headaches, is how willing they are to keep supporting old computers. There are lots of distros that are lightweight while still being modern. Oh, and it won't automatically install an update and brick the computer, and even if I did I could use a modern filesystem that supports proper snapshots instead and recover, instead of something from 1993 that doesn't have any modern features.
I didn't hate Windows this much until a few weeks ago. I'm very annoyed.
Part of the reason I like Linux, despite its occasional headaches, is how willing they are to keep supporting old computers. There are lots of distros that are lightweight while still being modern. Oh, and it won't automatically install an update and brick the computer, and even if I did I could use a modern filesystem that supports proper snapshots instead and recover, instead of something from 1993 that doesn't have any modern features.
I didn't hate Windows this much until a few weeks ago. I'm very annoyed.