====== Windows ======

===== 11 =====

  * :!: 2025/01/13: No-go ([[windows;11_ltsc#no-gos|list]])

===== 10 =====

  * Good until 2032

===== 7 =====

  * :?: May be useful for testing FlightGear, Intel GPU, and OpenGL performance ([[https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=425163&sid=dcb3a233772627592c52c2ce2361d236#p425163|post]])

====== Linux ======

===== Fedora =====

  * :!: F30~: RPM Fusion, ''mesa-va-drivers-freeworld'' (AMDGPU), and Fedora update conflicts would result in broken graphics stack/black screen after Fedora updates if Mesa updated
  * :!: F38-39: GNOME/GDM would fail inconsistently ([[https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/gnome-does-not-allow-login/118415/5|post]]) ((still happens as of 2024/11/09, [[https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/gnome-does-not-allow-login/118415/36|post]]))
  * F41: ''GSK_RENDERER'' was an odd widespread-breaking change
  * :?: Prioritizing Flatpaks and Atomic/Immutable
  * :!: Leaders of deprecating Xorg; leaving it broken F41 implying lack-of testing/QA or "planned-obsolesce" ([[https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/xorg-removed-how-to-get-them-back/132151/24|post]])

===== Ubuntu =====

  * Works fine

===== Debian =====

  * :?: Only (listed) distro to install successfully to a 512 MB VPS

===== openSUSE TW =====

  * :?: Switching from AppArmor to SELinux
  * YaST conflicts with traditional Linux configuration style, and is SUSE-specific

====== BSD ======

===== FreeBSD =====

  * :!: 14.2-R ''drm-kmod'' was a mess and required trawling forums and guess-work ([[https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/boot-hangs-after-loading-i915kms.95904/#post-681452|post]])
  * :!: Files between ZFS and NTFS on years-old files caused I/O errors during ''rsync''/''cp'' ([[https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/rsync-input-output-error-5-from-zfs-to-ntfs-ntfs-3g.96179/|thread]])
  * :!: Wifi set-up is overly-complex and slow (2.5MB/s, no AC)
  * :!: Android ''adb'' doesn't work ([[https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/adb-android-tools.93731/#post-670844|post]])
  * :?: rc service scripts look complex to hand-craft compared to systemd