even though this is about windows I find this thread rather entertaining.

On Thu, May 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM JD Austin via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> Someone probably already said it, but you can use Rufus to create usb
> install media to upgrade unsupported Windows 10 installations to Windows
> 11.
> Not sure how out of spec your hardware is, but I've upgraded VMs and
> laptops without TPM 2.0.
> You're just asking for trouble running an unsupported OS.
>
> Rufus can be downloaded from https://rufus.ie/en/
> Rufus works great to create bootable Linux USB sticks too.
>
> In addition to downloading Rufus, you’ll want to download an ISO file.
> Windows 11 ISO files can be downloaded from
> https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11
> Once you have these two downloads, run Rufus, ensure you’ve selected a USB
> drive and the ISO file from within Rufus and choose to start. Another
> dialog will come up with various setup options including a check box to
> bypass the Windows 11 hardware requirements. This is checked by default.
> Start the USB creation process at this point.  Once your USB drive is
> created, open it from within Windows and run Setup. Again, you should not
> need to boot off the USB drive. Finish setup and your OS will be updated.
> This is a Linux mailing list and you can get pretty far with Crossover
> Linux and such, but there are a lot of things that won't run.
> If you're using it to browse the Internet and use web apps then that works
> just as well in any Linux distribution.
>
> JD
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