Microsoft tells Windows 10 users to just trade in their PC for a newer one, because how hard can it be?
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The hurdles windows users are willing to put up with is nothing less than amazing. That's not a good thing.
Oh, I already have Linux on my laptop. It's my desktop that still has some blockers preventing a full Linux transition.
Primarily the Pimax headset. Once I get a suitable replacement, I'll actually be able to start testing and transferring stuff. -
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DoN't YOu gUyS hAvE TPM?
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It's possible you can run it through wine, might be worth a try
Much business oriented software just hasn't had the work done on it to work on Wine. Really the only reason I have to run Windows now is the 3D CAD software I use and my best option at this point is running it in a Windows VM on my server. And no Freecad and Fusion360 aren't suitable options, they both suck.
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I am using Debian stable, since I no longer care about having latest stuff and the whole Debian-like ecosystem is what I am the most familiar with. As for Ubuntu I never had good experience with it, with random crashes all the time last time I used it (about 10-12 years ago), and when I tried it last year, I encountered random crashes in GNOME apps just after finishing setup.
Linux Mint (regular or LMDE) is what I'd probably install on other people computers though. Literally never had problems with it (used it about 10 years ago on a netbook).
sure sounds like you have some funny hardware configurations with all these issues you have across OSes.
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Translation: "Install Linux."
I really want to put Linux on my gaming PC, but I'm doubtful I can get my Rift S working on there.
Apparently there is an openxr driver for it, though, so I suppose I should at least give it a shot.
There's absolutely no way I'm going to win11, though.
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What's 10 dollars? The people saying this are too rich to understand poor numbers. They probably think in terms of "a new pc costs less than an hour at my favorite spa, people are complaining too much".
Arrested Development tv show. Pretty funny. The family fortune started with the dad opening a banana stand in his youth.
ALT: 2 panels.
1st panel- Rich mom from Arrested Development sitcom, holding a cup, opulent home, saying "I mean it's one banana, Michael. How much could it cost? Ten dollars?"2nd panel- Michael sitting back, head on hand saying "you've never actually stepped foot in a supermarket, have you?"
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Let's get all IT people together and fight through the hassle to help friends and family switch to Linux
I've already switched my mom and grandma to Linux, and I've personally only got 1 PC still on Windows. Its days are numbered though.
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Ok, write me a check for a new one.
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No, the police will show up at your door on October 11th and arrest you on the spot.
If you're in the US you'll be sent to El Salvador. If you're anywhere else you'll be sent to the US, receive a few tattoos, then El Salvador.
Can I pick the tattoos?
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Ms will stop supporting windows 10. Windows 11 has hardware requirements for a specific security chip and processors with specific features, so upgrading components isn’t an option.
If you have an old pc you can’t easily upgrade. Theres ways of forcing it to work but it’s not supported.
A lot of businesses will be getting rid of their old pcs so they dont need to deal with the hassle.
Linux will still support and run on the older hardware, so a lot of people are expecting used hardware prices to drop.
And thanks to Proton you can now do pretty much everything that you can do on Windows. Unless you do graphics design.
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Can I pick the tattoos?
In soviet US, tattoos pick you
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And thanks to Proton you can now do pretty much everything that you can do on Windows. Unless you do graphics design.
That’s definitely been true in the past, but the gap’s narrowed a lot. GIMP (with plugins) and Krita cover most Photoshop-style workflows, and Inkscape does a pretty good job with vector work. For many graphic design tasks, Linux has solid native tools now—just takes a bit of adjustment if you’re used to Adobe.
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I really want to put Linux on my gaming PC, but I'm doubtful I can get my Rift S working on there.
Apparently there is an openxr driver for it, though, so I suppose I should at least give it a shot.
There's absolutely no way I'm going to win11, though.
Nobara or Pop! OS would be good choices.
Yeah, VR is still catching up, but I feel like (dual) booting to Win 10 just for specific purposes would greatly reduce the risk.
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Can I pick the tattoos?
You can choose between Microsoft, Tesla, Google, Amazon, or Blackrock.
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Microsoft is getting billions for AI datacenters (they're now turning back on) why do you buy me a fucking new PC Microsoft
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Hot take from an IT guy: save your important data, make a plain vanilla W11 boot USB (nothing fancy, no Rufus tricks), wipe your hard drive to zeroes, and install W11 like normal. I've reimaged a ton of older PCs and literally never seen it not work. My 10 year old Optiplex, supposedly ineligible for W11, runs W11 just fine.
Microsoft might someday break it, sure. That's not new. Microsoft products were always, in practice, available to us at Microsoft's pleasure. This is the same company that allows massgrave to exist on git because they'd rather we pirate MS Office than allow LibreOffice any oxygen. We'll probably be fine.
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That excellent gag is how I discovered hbomberguy some years ago
What's especially funny is that he didn't even script that, he just came up with it on the spot. And now it's the joke he's most known for.
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I really want to put Linux on my gaming PC, but I'm doubtful I can get my Rift S working on there.
Apparently there is an openxr driver for it, though, so I suppose I should at least give it a shot.
There's absolutely no way I'm going to win11, though.
I got my meta quest 2 working on Linux, so you should definitely just try
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I really want to put Linux on my gaming PC, but I'm doubtful I can get my Rift S working on there.
Apparently there is an openxr driver for it, though, so I suppose I should at least give it a shot.
There's absolutely no way I'm going to win11, though.
Your best shot is with Monado, which supports the Rift S: https://monado.freedesktop.org/
I only have an Index, so I can't speak for how well it works or how easy it is to setup.
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Nobara or Pop! OS would be good choices.
Yeah, VR is still catching up, but I feel like (dual) booting to Win 10 just for specific purposes would greatly reduce the risk.
I'd just be scared of windows trying to clobber my nix partition.
