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PopOS is more Mac than windows but it's what you're after.
KDE is as close to win as you can get on a linux kernel
Kde isn't a distro?
Microsoft deletes official Windows 11 CPU/TPM bypass for unsupported PCs
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#282Re: Microsoft deletes official Windows 11 CPU/TPM bypass for unsupported PCs
#283If you burn an ISO with Rufus it has a checkbox to skip the checks. You can also use the unattended installation system: https://github.com/memstechtips/UnattendedWinstall
I couldn't boot a W11 installation USB drive on my newly built PC despite using the official MS tool to write the drive. Fiddling with secure boot options for an hour, even updating UEFI were all for nothing. I said "screw it", loaded the image with Rufus, and it worked on the first try, with the added bonus of MS account bypass.
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Re: Microsoft deletes official Windows 11 CPU/TPM bypass for unsupported PCs
#286Windows 11 looks like the perfect reason to give UNIX-based systems another try. Literally the only thing that's kept me hooked to Windows are the Office apps. They're baked into so many of my workflows, from creating simple graphics to doing my personal finances, and of course plenty of legacy documents that I'd like to continue being able to use. They're really Windows-native I've found, even the official versions…
I gave up on Linux Desktop by Windows 7 timeframe, there is always something that doesn't work, even for old dogs with UNIX experience back to 1990's. Since I am not to pay Apple prices for private gear, I rather keep Windows with Linux VM approach. At work, it is a mix of Windows and macOS, depending on the project. We leave Linux for the cloud servers, and embedded devices.
I am curious what made you give up? The EOL of Windows 7 is precipitated my switch.
I went down the fun path of running Windows on Linux with a pass-through VM for a while but found that most of what I was trying to do worked well in Linux.
Of course, I don't do any development or work on my own computer. Work computer is now 11 and I dislike it but honestly the IT lockdown drives more ire than the Microsoft redesign
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Passkeys are also a great way to have vendor lock-in.
Passkeys are a multi-vendor standard. Because Windows is no one's phone vendor today, it's generally a good idea that Windows has strong Passkey support because it can be an intermediate between the two major phone vendors and help even average users avoid vendor lock-in by pushing a majority of users to try keeping keys with at least two vendors (their phone, and their Windows device) in their common accounts.
If there was no vendor lock in, you'd only need one key, no?