I have an ASUS ROG that came with Windows 12 11 pre-installed. I tried using it once and it pissed me off so bad I haven’t opened the laptop again. I want to switch to a Linux distro that’s compatible with it but need the process explained like you would to Grandma trying to bank online. Are there any resources that break it WAY down? Like, starting just after turning the computer on (I’ve got that down already).
Edit to say: it has been pointed out that Windows 12 does not, in fact, exist and I may or may not be posting this from the future.
I’m not trying to dissuade you from installing Linux, but I am curious to know what pissed you off about Windows so immediately that you don’t want to touch it again. Mandatory Microsoft account?
That’s exactly what it was, needing to make a Windows account to use my own damned system.
Yeah, that would do it. It used to be trivial to get around that only a couple of years ago. Microsoft keeps paving over the workarounds, seeing as their profit motive is forcing everything to cloud subscriptions now.
Since you said you’re not very technical I think you’re going to have a bad time with Linux. I would instead do this:
Go to one of those slightly sketchy cdkey sites and buy a “genuine” key for “Windows 11 IoT LTSC” for a few dollars. Don’t worry about the sketchiness. The keys work, and keys themselves don’t carry any risks. Microsoft does not care about this.
Install it using Rufus. When you use Rufus it has a few options to fix annoyances in Windows - use those. I think they’re enabled by default.
This fixes 99% of the issues with Windows 11. No ads, no bloatware. Much more reliable than Linux and you won’t spend your life debugging things.
I’m obviously going to get downvoted to hell because of where we, and I’ll switch to Linux if they ever take this option away, but for now it works very well and avoids the pains of Windows ads and Linux bugs.