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Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

> What is it with these Windows 10 users so hard up to “upgrade” to
> Windows 11? Do they really believe they are missing out on something?
> Do they think their ongoing dissatisfaction with their OS can be
> remedied, if only they go up just one more version?
>
> It was amusing to read this report
> <https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/12/microsoft-reiterates-non-negotiable-tpm-2-0-requirement-for-windows-11/>
> about the ongoing attempts to come up with hacks to get around
> Microsoft’s restrictions on “unsupported” machines upgrading. The best
> thing the writer could find to say about Windows 11 was
>
>     ... but aside from that, Windows 11 usually runs about as well on
>     these PCs as Windows 10 did.

On Windows 11, GIMP and QtCreator (for example), are notably slower than
on Linux on the same computer.

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