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Hey #lenovo , can you stop this crap?

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  • codemonkeymike@fosstodon.orgC codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org

    Hey #lenovo , can you stop this crap?

    I have a #thinkpad x13s that apparently needs a SPECIAL version of #windows11 that only YOU have.

    And when I go to get it, not only do i have to register, provide a serial number and deal with captca.. but then you give me an EXE to create the media??!?!

    I have a machine that can't boot windows so you give me a windows executable?

    Why not just a damn ISO? I wish #linux would boot on this thing

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    And it gets better

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    • codemonkeymike@fosstodon.orgC codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org

      And it gets better

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      @codemonkeymike Yep… that’s what I was afraid of. I had trialed an HP ARM notebook and it had the same limitations.

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      • codemonkeymike@fosstodon.orgC codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org

        Hey #lenovo , can you stop this crap?

        I have a #thinkpad x13s that apparently needs a SPECIAL version of #windows11 that only YOU have.

        And when I go to get it, not only do i have to register, provide a serial number and deal with captca.. but then you give me an EXE to create the media??!?!

        I have a machine that can't boot windows so you give me a windows executable?

        Why not just a damn ISO? I wish #linux would boot on this thing

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        @codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org

        Well, kinda. An exe is a dos executable that may be happy running without a gui. Can you boot to the cli and run it?
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        • codemonkeymike@fosstodon.orgC codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org

          Hey #lenovo , can you stop this crap?

          I have a #thinkpad x13s that apparently needs a SPECIAL version of #windows11 that only YOU have.

          And when I go to get it, not only do i have to register, provide a serial number and deal with captca.. but then you give me an EXE to create the media??!?!

          I have a machine that can't boot windows so you give me a windows executable?

          Why not just a damn ISO? I wish #linux would boot on this thing

          mrfoostang@foostang.xyzM This user is from outside of this forum
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          @codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org

          Well, kinda. An exe is a dos executable that may be happy running without a gui. Can you boot to the cli and run it?

          And since you can't boot, what would you do with an iso, anyhow? You gotta burn it with something or mount it into something.
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          • codemonkeymike@fosstodon.orgC codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org

            Hey #lenovo , can you stop this crap?

            I have a #thinkpad x13s that apparently needs a SPECIAL version of #windows11 that only YOU have.

            And when I go to get it, not only do i have to register, provide a serial number and deal with captca.. but then you give me an EXE to create the media??!?!

            I have a machine that can't boot windows so you give me a windows executable?

            Why not just a damn ISO? I wish #linux would boot on this thing

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            @codemonkeymike
            A Debian Linux system should boot. Why don't you try booting a Debian live system from a USB drive? Microsoft is absolute garbage anyway, and with that account requirement, it's completely useless.

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            • codemonkeymike@fosstodon.orgC codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org

              And it gets better

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              @codemonkeymike Wow. That is bad. I've never heard of this happening. I'm sure there's precedent but. Wow.

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              • joshthetechie@fosstodon.orgJ joshthetechie@fosstodon.org

                @codemonkeymike Yep… that’s what I was afraid of. I had trialed an HP ARM notebook and it had the same limitations.

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                @joshthetechie why is arm such a pain lol.

                I can boot to the NixOS installer, but then it just reboots before it gets past loading the kernel

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                • daumenlutscher@fedifreu.deD daumenlutscher@fedifreu.de

                  @codemonkeymike
                  A Debian Linux system should boot. Why don't you try booting a Debian live system from a USB drive? Microsoft is absolute garbage anyway, and with that account requirement, it's completely useless.

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                  @daumenlutscher I'm only installing windows to update the firmware which I apparently need to do if I'm ever to get Linux to boot

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                  • mrfoostang@foostang.xyzM mrfoostang@foostang.xyz
                    @codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org

                    Well, kinda. An exe is a dos executable that may be happy running without a gui. Can you boot to the cli and run it?

                    And since you can't boot, what would you do with an iso, anyhow? You gotta burn it with something or mount it into something.
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                    @mrfoostang I only have access to Linux and macs

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                    • codemonkeymike@fosstodon.orgC codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org

                      Hey #lenovo , can you stop this crap?

                      I have a #thinkpad x13s that apparently needs a SPECIAL version of #windows11 that only YOU have.

                      And when I go to get it, not only do i have to register, provide a serial number and deal with captca.. but then you give me an EXE to create the media??!?!

                      I have a machine that can't boot windows so you give me a windows executable?

                      Why not just a damn ISO? I wish #linux would boot on this thing

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                      @codemonkeymike

                      PostmarketOS (Linux) works well on this, apart from the camera and GPS.

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                      Lenovo ThinkPad X13s (lenovo-21bx) - postmarketOS Wiki

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                      (wiki.postmarketos.org)

                      #thinkpad

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                      • codemonkeymike@fosstodon.orgC codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org

                        @mrfoostang I only have access to Linux and macs

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                        @codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org I'm just saying that maybe it's a dos executable amd you could try burning a small dos iso on your linux box, boot the PC and see if it'll run.

                        Which, of course, is very unlikely and would be the stupidest thing for Lenovo to do, but maybe?
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