[blibble]

of the 20 or so machines I've owned in the last 15 years I think only one of them has had a TPM, and that was an enterprise laptop

no gaming motherboard I've ever had has had a TPM

edit: seems like the intel PTT bios option counts, so maybe not a huge problem (though it's off by default everywhere)

[ewzimm]

So now we finally know that 2025 will be the year of the Linux desktop. There will be no more supported Windows version for older hardware, and Microsoft's love for Linux will finally blossom into forcing migration for millions of computers. This is the most interesting part of the announcement, and I hope that desktop Linux distros will take advantage of the situation. Of course, Microsoft could reverse course by then.

edit: Looks like TPM 2.0 is not a hard requirement, only 1.2. This will likely still result in a lot of users left out of Windows, but the year of the Linux desktop may be delayed again. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/compatibility/windo...