The following is more-than-one-month-old news: https://spectrum.ieee.org/windows-11-is-here-but-will-it-run-on-your-pc
Windows 11 needs built-in hardware security that only recently appeared in Intel and AMD CPUs, and unlikely in BrandX CPUs: "Windows 11's system requirements are strict: It excludes a large majority of Intel processors sold before October of 2017 and all AMD processors sold before late 2017. This includes flagship processors like Intel's Core i7-7700K and AMD's Ryzen 1800X." This may result in a surplus chain glut of very powerful computers abandoned by large companies committed to latest-and-greatest versions of Windoze. An opportunity for us, and possibly a PLUG presentation opportunity for a CPU expert who can tell us which pre-2018 motherboards and CPUs we should scrounge for, and for which purpose ... server? desktop? calculation? education? Not mentioned in the article, but it may also be possible that some of the newest hardware will treat Linux as untrusted and refuse to run it. Don't know. Discuss? Keith P.S. I only read this 5-week-old article today in the Dead Tree version of IEEE Spectrum Magazine, which almost always deserves a cover-to-cover reading. The online magazine has more content sooner, but requires power and connectivity. -- Keith Lofstrom [email protected]
