Posted on 12/26/2025 5:27:08 PM PST by eyeamok
I have win10 on a couple computers and it turns out they can't be updated to win11
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One of my 13-year old unqualified Dell runs fine, updates and all. I just used Rufus to install.l it.
I have Win10 on a couple of computers, and it turns out they can't be updated to Win11, which is fine—I hate Windows. I only needed Windows to run a few programs for work, namely QuickBooks Pro and UPS WorldShip; neither work in Linux. I have Ubuntu installed on a couple of my laptops and have never had a problem. The last time I installed Ubuntu was a couple of years ago and it was version 18... and I have never had a problem; everything just worked right out of the box. But now I am retired and no longer need Windows, so I took my 3-year-old Dell Optiplex that has Win10 (that can't be upgraded) and wanted to install Ubuntu.
The latest version is 24..., but it would NOT install. After reading through the forums, I wasn't the only one having issues. I tried everything, changing settings in CMOS, but nothing worked, so I downloaded an older version of Ubuntu 22..., and it installed just fine. But it did an update and broke a bunch of stuff, then asked me if I wanted to upgrade to 24 (that wouldn't install originally), so I did, and it broke more things. Turns out they were still there, just no link to them; some I had to delete and reinstall to get working—the software channel, settings page, control center...
I managed to get everything back up like it should be before Ubuntu updated and screwed it all up, but that's because I am not new to Linux. I've been using it for many years and NEVER have I had problems like this. The forums helped, but the Ubuntu tech guys were useless and told me and a few others that we needed new SSD hard drives. That was NOT the answer. It is almost as if they hired a bunch of clowns that used to work for Microsoft to start writing their code, and I would bet on it, because in all these years Ubuntu never had this much stupid built in.
Not sure what they were thinking, but as far as I am concerned, they screwed the pooch big time and refuse to admit it. So, those looking to dump Windows like I did, I don't think you'll like the new Ubuntu as is. It isn't ready for prime time and won't be until they fire these idiots and do a complete rewrite and go back to the way things were when it all just worked. The last version I installed with zero problems was 18, and it is still on their download site. But be careful when you do updates because the updates were created by the same idiots that screwed up the new version.
If you're computer literate and can follow instructions, all of it can be fixed in Terminal using command line, but you will need to go through a learning process to get the feel of using command line for stuff that used to work right out of the box. Not sure about any other flavors, but I know Mint and most others use Ubuntu's repositories, so you get Ubuntu code, which in my opinion is really screwed up now. So sad to watch them go down this road to a slow suicide.
AMD FX-8350 with 8 cores, 8 threads, and a 4 GHz base frequency. It was launched in 2012 and supports DDR3 memory. Top tier in its day. Thank God for competition.
1. removed all HDDs/SSDs with Windows on them,
2. installed Linux on a separate drive,
3. mounted it inside the PC,
4. hooked up all the rest,
5. booted to Windows again and
6. used EasyBCD to put an entry for Linux in the Windows boot menu.
Or just tap the F11 key as soon as you begin a boot up, or whatever key the mobo recognizes as disk select.
thank you,i have throat cancer and am taking lots of drugs and sometimes dont have it all together
nobody else knows either, but i managed to get it all working, just a pain in the ass
AMD now "owns" over 70% of the data center servers for the large, multi-national bank I work for. That's over 25,000 servers, 18,000'ish Linux, the remainder Windows.
Of the Linux servers, about 14,000 oof them are RedHat, I've been advocating for Ubuntu for at least 4 years now. Made a dent with 4,000'ish Ubuntu Linux Servers so far. As we migrate to the cloud (Azure & AWS) Ubuntu Linux Servers are preferred over RedHat. I'm just not a fan of anything IBM, nor have I been for well over 20 years now.
Get the free Oracle VM VirtualBox program.
Now you install Linux. You can run it in a separate window at any screen size and check out if you like it enough to use full time.
The nice thing is all you have to do is minimize VirtualBox and you still have Windows 10. No worries about not being able to boot up. In Windows 11 and using bitlocker you will have problems doing so.
Google for how to’s: install Linux Mint in VirtualBox
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I run Ryzen 3200G, handles hundreds of open tabs across multiple browsers (mainly Floorp), multiple documents, programs, etc good. But 128GB RAM. I thank God I was able to get it early 2024. Now about 1,000.
Sorry to hear that, and glad if i helped. May you find grace to heal in Jesus, and about all, as the savior of all souls who are of contrite faith in Him who saves by His merits. Amen.
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