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Sorry to leave Zorin (piefed.social)

submitted 1 day ago by oyzmo@piefed.social to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Just switched Zorin for Win11 on my kids computer (yes, it did hurt and still does 😭). His friends play Fortnite and he felt left out. Windows is the only option if he want to play?

Btw downloaded newest Microslop Windows 11, but still during installation there was a gust from the past; I had to use my other computer to download the wifi card driver, which I had to "select from disk" when installing 😂 in 2026!! (tplink ex3000). Worked flawless on Linux.

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[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

unsure how powerful your pc is. but i've heard you can achieve great performance on a vm using qemu. another option would be dual booting.

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[–] CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You must be doing something wrong, as tplink says the adapter is fully supported.

TP-Link Network Adapter Drivers for Windows 11 https://share.google/ptc84n0xq80bU2W2z

[–] oyzmo@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago (4 children)

is what it is. Not much one can do wrong with the windows gui installer 😅 Even had to install twice (selected pro, had home. that required a reinstall.. microslop) it asked both times for me to load the driver from external media (windows didn't detect the wifi card). installed from fresh win11 iso downloaded from ms today.

[–] CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 2 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

To be fair, you should know which version you want to install. It's convenient you only need a single install package for either version. That's not slop, that's efficient. I guarantee you a Windows install would have installed a driver for the card and then you could have updated on next update cycle.

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[–] artyom@piefed.social 0 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

This could be a good learning opportunity for your kids. Make them learn to use WinBoat 😀

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