Friend, I’ve read this three times and still have no idea wtf you’re trying to say.

You’re so close to the answer! Keep going one more step!

Comparing the level of effort to run windows vs Linux is a whole other thing I’m definitely not getting into. I use Linux for work and run it on two machines at home, but I also use my Windows box for games. You can use and enjoy both, it doesn’t have to be a religious war.

You can use Rufus to install windows 11 and bypass the requirements. It does everything for you – downloads the latest win 11 service pack, removes the blocking requirements, and you can even tell it to automatically disable all of the telemetry and phoning home. You’ll still need a license key when you install, or run it on a machine that was running a valid win 10 install previously. But I’m running win 11 on an 8 year old PC with zero issues.

Here is a good guide that explains in detail.

And 1,200 layoffs at Qualcomm!

Gotta cut everyone some slack when estimating time since the pandemic. 3 years was 10 years ago.

Companies do not use valuable metrics to run their… ah screw it.