I just got a new laptop and installed Linux on it. I mainly run OpenSUSE.
Getting full encryption on both was a bit of a challenge and I had no idea what I'm doing. Will having the swap partition in the middle break things? Did I really need so many partitions (Mint and OpenSUSE don't show up in eachother's boot menu)?
I'm probably not gonna change this layout (because reinstallation seems like a pain) unless the swap partition's position is a problem. I'm just curious how many mistakes I made.
EDIT: I'm not upgrading my drive capacity. I do not need it.
VM might be enough
Depends whether they'll start using TPM in combination with kernel-level anti-cheat to ensure you don't use AI in an exam or something. I don't know what the future holds and barely understand what a TPM does.
At some point if they have ridiculous restrictions one might consider ... doing the test in person, in a room provided by the actual school or that THEY provide the hardware.
Anyway IMHO the bigger point is that a lot of my own inaction (I won't speak for others) came from fear of problems that rarely, if ever, materialized. I would recommend to move on and if the problem does actually arise then consider solutions at that point.
I uninstalled Windows on my SSD years ago (despite paying for it, forced by OEM deals), didn't regret it once. In fact, I wear it as a "badge of honor" with pride. When someone tells me I "have" to use Windows for whatever reason, I tell them I can't and that usually leads to interesting conversations.
Yeah I'll probably try to work out how to back it up. Don't want to have to give Microsoft money though so I'll clone it and store it on a USB.
I imagine legally speaking, if you care for that, the license key is enough but depends on your jurisdiction, if you care for this kind of things. That said as the pace OS deprecates doubt it'd be useful.
Lost my license key anyway. Goodbye forever Windows 11.
Why would they require TPM??? Or kernel level anti cheat? This isn't a game.
To prevent cheating, or to verify identity. IDK. As mentioned I barely understand what those things do.
Can emulate TPM
also kernel level anti cheat is for video games