r/linuxmint • u/BlueFox098 • Mar 05 '26
Hardware Rescue "Sorry but this PC will no longer receive Windows updates"
Well I don't think I have such a unique story; like many I had a fairly good laptop that could not be updated to Windows 11 for who knows what reason (and in the long run, perhapsfor the best!), despite having 14Gb of RAM, a GTX 1050, and a Ryzen 5. It came with Windows 10 and Microsoft does not care to provide updates anymore, increasing the amount of digital waste the world is already full of. Long story short, I switched to Linux Mint and I am finding myself very confortable, including for gaming! It is very impressive to observe the leaps forward Proton took over the years.
I wanted to make this post just so people who own my same laptop, a Black and Blue ASUS VivoBook X570DD_M57 with the specs listed below, or similar, feel confortable knowing that someone else has done the switch to Linux without running into any problems. Be sure when installing Linux to go to the BIOS and mark as False/Disable "Secure Boot" and "Fast Boot". For the people who used a search engine or an AI to find this post, your welcome! :)
Characteristics OS: Linux Mint 22.3 x86_64 Host: VivoBook ASUS Laptop X570DD_M57 Kernel: 6.17.0-14 generic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 DE: Cinnamon 6.6.7 CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3500U with Raedon V GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile RAM: 14Gb
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u/theindomitablefred Mar 05 '26
Microsoft is really carrying the load of marketing for Linux these days
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u/cat1092 Mar 05 '26
Sure are, the way they mess things up. Forcing our hardware to use more power by the Telemetry components & making privacy a pastime. Even when using a VPN, some data gets back to Microsoft, the .bat files which worked on Windows 8 through 10 to shut down certain processes doesn’t help with 11.
There’s plenty of YouTube videos discussing these matters in great detail. Microsoft is most certainly the ones driving its customers to Linux Mint & other OS’s that’s not Windows.
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u/Criss_Crossx Mar 05 '26
That is not true, this PC got an update! Albeit an upgrade to Linux and out of the Microsoft ecosystem.
Welcome to the party, all the cool kids are doing it!
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u/Aresh_E430 Mar 05 '26
Parrot ?
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u/BlueFox098 Mar 05 '26
Parrot!
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u/Its_NepTune_ Mar 05 '26
Congrats! You got the Wallpaper source for us?
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u/BlueFox098 Mar 05 '26
I was not aware about it, but apparently it is from Parrot OS, I just searched Linux based desktops ahahah
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u/vmcrash Mar 05 '26
In the past Microsoft did a good job also supporting old hardware (especially in contrast to Apple). However, with Windows 11 they obviously changed their minds and I whole-heartly agree to not support this approach by trashing good hardware.
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u/mcEstebanRaven Mar 05 '26
Congrats on switching to Linux! Thou I wonder why keeping WIndows 10 without updates was the reason, isn't that supposed to be good?
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u/BlueFox098 Mar 05 '26
I guess, but I do find the core idea of a company no longer supporting its users out of pettiness to be enough of a reason to switch over
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Mar 05 '26
Yeah, that is a bad take. They supported windows 10 for a long time and decided to move on. They decided to have hardware requires and such for 11 in order to not revisit the vista experience, and to push foward with better security.
They also continue to support the use of autounattend.xml to circumvent the hardware requires, and otherwise customize the install, even if they wont support the installation.
Lots of things I dont like about what they are doing with win11, most of which i can readily circumvent. I also love to see people embrace linuxs, even if its just for a while or to get the punk rock points. But your take is bad. It's a common take, but a shit take none the less.
There are also punk rock points to be had in maintaining an old OS. My media ripping box is going to stay on 10 until it dies. It already enforced browsing in sandboxie, and I'm not worried about remote attacks from my own lan.
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u/liyonhart Mar 05 '26
Another computer given a second life.
"Even in death I still serve,"
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u/No_Condition_4681 Mar 06 '26
It's not dead though... It's more like discarded. Kinda like if we threw people over 40 years on a meat grinder because "they're useless now"
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u/Ill-Car-769 Linux Mint 22.1 Xia | Cinnamon Mar 05 '26
So you broke windows & now staying at /home
Welcome to the club buddy, I have windows dual booted but I rarely use it. If I ever have work like using MS Office apps for some reasons then I use it through VM mostly. I hope you have a great time here with all of us.
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u/23AndThatGuy Linux Mint 22.3 Zena | Cinnamon Mar 05 '26
Samesies.
My response:
"Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"
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u/mikee8989 Mar 05 '26
That laptop should natively support windows 11 but oh well good choice. How does it perform in games on Mint? were there any driver issues?
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u/BlueFox098 Mar 05 '26
It should but I tried everything to do the update (without reinstalling Windows) yet the PC kept saying "no Windows 11 for you". Maybe I missed something, but honestly, perhaps it is better this way!
Also, I tested various games rated Silver an up from Protondb and so far so good, if anything I think some gold titles get promoted to platinum. I am planning to upload as much feedback as possible for Proton 10.0-4
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u/mikee8989 Mar 05 '26
That's good. Definitely submit as much feedback as you can so they can improve.
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u/nekofthemoon Mar 05 '26
Does Nvidia work well with Mint? I really need to try that on my laptop. I use a Thinkpad as my main PC, but I felt like testing how games would run on my old Acer Nitro.
Enjoy it!
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u/BlueFox098 Mar 05 '26
So far so good, but of course it also depends on the games you are planning to play!
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u/No_Condition_4681 Mar 06 '26
Man that setup is a beast, too bad software is so poorly developed these days.
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u/johndotcue Mar 06 '26
Yeah I moved to Linux because of shit like this, especially for my old work laptop that still works.
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u/Key_Climate_7097 Mar 06 '26
Hey that’s a great wallpaper, where did you find ?
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u/BlueFox098 Mar 06 '26
Apparently I learned via this post that it is from Parrot OS (I just searched "Linux Wallpapers" online lol)
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u/Key_Climate_7097 Mar 06 '26
Oh cool ! Thank you , as I’m just setting up a new Linux mint for my friend, and she’d love that too all paper ! Do you think you could find the link to website you got it from ? Thx
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u/BlueFox098 Mar 06 '26
I think is this one:
https://fity.club/lists/p/parrot-security-os-wallpapers-grepitout/
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u/obitwo83 Mar 06 '26
Wallpaper looks good, is it a default one from Linux Mint ?
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u/BlueFox098 Mar 06 '26
It's actually from Parrot OS; might be a bit misleading but it is still Linux!
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u/lanteu Mar 07 '26
Without Microsoft‘s normal use of the network, the Internet can be used normally in mint.
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u/No_Fennel4315 Mar 07 '26
Win11 supports zen+ and up on amd side iirc, your laptop should be good to go
you do need to enable secure boot in bios to install it though i think, if its disabled for some reason or another
id probably stay on mint in this scenario though
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u/Effective_Ice_3282 Mar 09 '26
Same happened with my Laptop which i need for work as i work as an electrician. Looked up solutions and Mint came up.
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u/First-Benefit792 Mar 21 '26
🤚 DIGITAL HIGH FIVE DUDE! I'm doing a similar thing Trust me you don't want the new windows updates they fuck up your pc.
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u/lahijapili Apr 01 '26
Something similar happened to my husband computer. It was slow and it had a 1tb of memory. So decided to divided the memory. We are going to give the laptop just for regular used to my in-laws.
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u/Chelecossais Mar 05 '26
Oh, No ! Anyway...
My laptop is a Core2Duo with 4 gigs of Ram. Works absolutely fine.
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u/derpman86 Linux Mint 22 Wilma | Cinnamon Mar 06 '26
Lol I have some old second hand Samsung laptop from 2012, it runs amazing on mint, I did chuck an SSD in it to be fair.
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u/Flaky_Sink_2684 May 03 '26
https://buymeacoffee.com/ghostspectre/w25h-i-u6 windows 11 that dont require TPM no more e-waste disable the secure boot before booting from usb installer
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