Well, the laptop is not quite so dead yet. Something got messed up with TPM/Secureboot. If you just to a clean install, you can get a recent version of Windows 10 to work on it (after all, that’s what it came with), but it likes to choke on the recent updates. If you use Rufus to create the flash drive, you can get Windows 11 to install, but it’s slower than molasses, and there’s no compatible display driver, so you just get a black screen, and to roll back the driver with no display is beyond my payroll.
Enter Linux. Specifically OpenSUSE. Everything just works. Especially for what I’m going to use it for. The battery on it is shot to hell, so I’m just treating it as a 17.3” touchscreen all-in-one. Basically when I finally FUBAR the Tower beyond repair, I’ll still be able to order the replacement without having to use my phone….
I guess I still have a laptop. Long Live Linux…..
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