Post · bonfire.cafe

@codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org · 14 hours ago

Hey #lenovo , can you stop this crap?

I have a #thinkpad x13s that apparently needs a SPECIAL version of #windows11 that only YOU have.

And when I go to get it, not only do i have to register, provide a serial number and deal with captca.. but then you give me an EXE to create the media??!?!

I have a machine that can't boot windows so you give me a windows executable?

Why not just a damn ISO? I wish #linux would boot on this thing

#windows11 #lenovo #thinkpad #linux

mr. foostang 🇨🇦

@mrfoostang@foostang.xyz · 13 hours ago

@codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org

Well, kinda. An exe is a dos executable that may be happy running without a gui. Can you boot to the cli and run it?

And since you can't boot, what would you do with an iso, anyhow? You gotta burn it with something or mount it into something.

Mike :nixos:

@codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org · 12 hours ago

@mrfoostang I only have access to Linux and macs

mr. foostang 🇨🇦

@mrfoostang@foostang.xyz · 3 hours ago

@codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org I'm just saying that maybe it's a dos executable amd you could try burning a small dos iso on your linux box, boot the PC and see if it'll run.

Which, of course, is very unlikely and would be the stupidest thing for Lenovo to do, but maybe?

mr. foostang 🇨🇦

@mrfoostang@foostang.xyz · 13 hours ago

@codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org

Well, kinda. An exe is a dos executable that may be happy running without a gui. Can you boot to the cli and run it?