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minus-squareNorah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoThe TPM chip is the issue here, and not a requirement under Linux.
minus-squareeasily3667@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-29 hours agoTPM chip is a decade old, built into all but shit laptops, and is a net positive for overall system security. Id argue it’s more than not required under Linux, it’s barely supported under Linux and is a giant pain to get working.
minus-squareNorah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoSee that’s where you’re wrong though, because my computer does have a TPM chip and still can’t run Win11. That’s because Microsoft locked them down to v2.0 or newer ones and mine’s only a v1.2 chip.
The TPM chip is the issue here, and not a requirement under Linux.
TPM chip is a decade old, built into all but shit laptops, and is a net positive for overall system security.
Id argue it’s more than not required under Linux, it’s barely supported under Linux and is a giant pain to get working.
See that’s where you’re wrong though, because my computer does have a TPM chip and still can’t run Win11. That’s because Microsoft locked them down to v2.0 or newer ones and mine’s only a v1.2 chip.