I have enjoyed updating friend's computers to Windows 11 even on unsupported machines.

I am currently vacationing in Michigan and had the opportunity to do another for
my sister-in-law. She doesn't have a lot of money but needed a working computer.

Microsoft says her computer didn't qualify but there is a workaround that Microsoft
does support. The process is time consuming but virtually foolproof.

If you have one that Microsoft says is unsupported and wish too do the upgrade, you
can go to: https://github.com/builtbybel/Flyoobe and follow the instructions.

Because I am travelling, I haven't had the chance yet to try out a free upgrade to
the Mac OS. I watched a YouTube video that explains the process and it looks foolproof
as well. If interested, you can view it at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLxIWA0tOvE

I have several old computers and I love playing with them to see the various OS options.

Mike Dippel

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Re: Windows 11 Update
By: Mike Dippel to All on Mon Jun 29 2026 23:22:22

...I love playing with them to see the various OS options.

Give Linux a shot. There are some excellent distros for people used to Windows.

Don't be seduced by the dark side of The Force.
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On 30 Jun 2026, Mortar said the following...

Re: Windows 11 Update
By: Mike Dippel to All on Mon Jun 29 2026 23:22:22

...I love playing with them to see the various OS options.

Give Linux a shot. There are some excellent distros for people used to Windows.

Don't be seduced by the dark side of The Force.
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In her case, she required Windows to be able to run the programs she needs. I personally have experimented with almost every distro for Linux and want to give MacOS a try.

I hate to admit that I am still tied to Windows, but I eliminate as much telemetry as I can. I hate when they spy on you.

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Hello Mike!

01 Jul 26 09:17, you wrote to Mortar:

I hate to admit that I am still tied to Windows, but I eliminate as
much telemetry as I can. I hate when they spy on you.

Just curious, do you use an Android or iOS smartphone? They're basically telemetry machines in our pockets.

Jegor

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On 7/1/2026 5:04 PM, Jegor wrote to Mike Dippel:

Hello Mike!

01 Jul 26 09:17, you wrote to Mortar:

I hate to admit that I am still tied to Windows, but I eliminate as much telemetry as I can. I hate when they spy on you.

Just curious, do you use an Android or iOS smartphone? They're basically telemetry machines in our pockets.

Jegor

Good point. I have an Android, but I don't use Chrome browser. I installed Brave
instead.

Mike Dippel

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Re: RE: Windows 11 Update
By: Mike Dippel to Jegor on Wed Jul 01 2026 09:50 pm

Good point. I have an Android, but I don't use Chrome browser. I installed Brave instead.

I wind up using Vivaldi everywhere. Windows, Linux, Android, all run Vivaldi as my main browser with sync turned on so my plugins and settings are the same on each.

Although I have had some issues with it recently. It plain refuses to run on my ham radio laptop, so I've resorted to using Opera as my main browser there.

...It works better if you plug it in.

On 7/2/2026 7:56 AM, Mike Miller wrote to Mike Dippel:

Re: RE: Windows 11 Update
By: Mike Dippel to Jegor on Wed Jul 01 2026 09:50 pm

Good point. I have an Android, but I don't use Chrome browser. I installed Brave instead.

I wind up using Vivaldi everywhere. Windows, Linux, Android, all run Vivaldi
as my main browser with sync turned on so my plugins and settings are the same
on each.

Although I have had some issues with it recently. It plain refuses to run on
my ham radio laptop, so I've resorted to using Opera as my main browser there.

Brave is the only thing I will use. It too will sync across devices and eliminates all ads.
This works well when I am on YouTube, which breaks up entire videos to display ads.
Boo.

Mike Dippel

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Re: RE: Windows 11 Update
By: Mike Dippel to Mike Miller on Thu Jul 02 2026 21:10:04

This works well when I am on YouTube, which breaks up entire videos to display ads.

Just drop in the uBlock Origin extension and kiss those ads adios. Works with both 10 and 11.
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Re: Windows 11 Update
By: Jegor to Mike Dippel on Wed Jul 01 2026 05:06 pm

much telemetry as I can. I hate when they spy on you.

Just curious, do you use an Android or iOS smartphone? They're basically telemetry machines in our pockets.

I hate it when somebody makes a point aboput privacy, and then somebody else says "it does not matter, you have a phone".

First of all, you can have a phone and be tracked, that does not mean you don't mind being tracked even more.

Secondly, some people don't carry a phone all day. ie. I power my phones off and throw them in a drawer when I am not using them.

Finally, lots of people actually use tracking resistant phones.


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Re: Windows 11 Update
By: Arelor to Jegor on Tue Jul 07 2026 13:07:23

First of all, you can have a phone and be tracked, that does not mean you don't mind being tracked even more.

That makes absolutely no sense.

Finally, lots of people actually use tracking resistant phones.

Man, I hate it when people make quantitative claims without any empirical evidence. ;)
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Re: Windows 11 Update
By: Mortar to Arelor on Tue Jul 07 2026 01:24 pm

First of all, you can have a phone and be tracked, that does not mean you don't mind being tracked even more.

That makes absolutely no sense.

Let me rephrase it.

You can knwlingly buy an overpriced cofee table. That does not mean you want to pay overprices for everything else.

Also GrapheneOS device number stimated over 150k 2 years ago.

LineageOS running on 1.5 million devices on 2023.
I bet that is more people than fits in your house.


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