I'm preparing a (second hand) Dell notebook for my mother, because her (otherwise adequate) machine is not "eligible" to run Windows 11
The process from a fresh Windows 10 installation to even get to the Windows 11 installer is a nightmare.
Despite Microsoft (and Dell's unhelpful bloatware) constantly pointing to "Windows Update", it has no option to initiate the upgrade. I had to really dig to find a manual installer.
I think we've reached the point where installing Linux has become easier.
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