I have a dual boot machine with openSUSE Tumbleweed and Windows 10 installed on separate drives. I use the Windows install solely for gaming.

With Windows 10 EOL coming soon, I would rather update to Windows 11 then give Michaelsoft money, but that would involve enabling my TPM (I already have secure boot enabled). Is this gonna cause any side effects in my Linux install?

  • ryannathans@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    23 days ago

    Unlikely to cause an issue, though on older Ryzen CPUs with fTPM there can be lag and hangs if your bios and kernel is not up to date

  • BCsven@lemmy.caEnglish
    6·
    23 days ago

    Mine is enabled with OpenSUSE, just means you get the MOK enrollment menu sometimes where you have to say yes to enrolling the new key and type your password

  • Pfeffy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    22 days ago

    Just upgrade to Windows 11 without using the TPM. It’s trivial. Just a registry edit I’m pretty sure.

  • 0x0@lemmy.zipEnglish
    32·
    22 days ago

    solely for gaming.

    Have you checked that those games don’t run well on linux?
    Thanks to Valve, the linux gaming scene has improved massively (barring kernel-level anti-cheats).

    • DaGeek247@fedia.io
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      22 days ago

      That’s a solid option. I’ve been running Mint for a couple years now with no issues in my chosen games. BF6 is the only one that comes to mind when thinking of modern linux-incompatible games. (EA specifically blocked it)

      There’s also the LTSC version of windows 10 which gets security updates until 2032, if you’re not trying to deal with windows 11 or EA bs for the next 7 years.

  • Mugita Sokio@discuss.onlineEnglish
    32·
    23 days ago

    I’ve had an issue playing a particular game, actually. When I had TPM turned on (and secure boot), it would freeze my computer so I would have to reboot it. When I turned those off, that issue didn’t affect me again. Since Linux doesn’t require it, I turn off TPM and secure boot (the FSF calls it Tivoization if I’m not mistaken) on my machine (I share one with a content creator I editor for in the past, that being Neigsendoig Cocules).

  • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
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    22 days ago

    Do you have your last pc. I always tell people to do linux on their last machine till they are ready to boot window once and for all. It runs so much better for most things it will usually compare favorably to windows on the your latest hardware.