Microsoft is cracking down on people upgrading to Windows 11 on unsupported hardware

[korhaka@sopuli.xyz]

Most users won't. Users that are happy to fiddle with registry settings might be a little more likely to though

[korhaka@sopuli.xyz]

Linux as my only OS since 2010 here and poked it a little before that. Using Windows is annoying for me at this point

[korhaka@sopuli.xyz]

Tbh I thought they would have already gone subscription by now. When they announced win11 after saying 10 was the last I was very surprised it wasn't either free or subscription based. Now I wonder if they will at some point release win12 with AI tools behind pro and make that subscription only.

I use Linux so I won't be touching it but will see how it goes. Usually end up having to know at least a little about this as people ask me to fix their windows PCs

[misk@sopuli.xyz]

You can keep using Windows 10 safely on your old hardware after „official” support ends, it’s just subscription based: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whats-new/extended-security-updates

[bruncvik@lemmy.world]

I used Classic Shell to make it look as much as WinXP Classic as possible, so I'm happy with how it looks. As for vulnerabilities, knock on wood, so far I didn't have any issues (but I do run Bitdefender). I use it for gaming (GOG, newest game being older than my PC), photo editing (Gimp with Google Nik Collection), browsing, and office work. Nothing too demanding. But to be honest, I would have switched to Mint a long time ago if I found a Linux alternative for Smart Switch (my phone backup utility) and Garmin Connect for my watch. Those two are the only two pieces of software that keep me with Windows, and at this point I'm actually thinking of a cheap mini PC just for those two as a direct pass-through to my NAS backup.

[korhaka@sopuli.xyz]

Huh, didn't know there was already a subscription option. Perhaps that is the first step

[shady_shiroe@lemmy.world]

The year of the Linux Desktop is coming!!!

[alk@sh.itjust.works]

Have you tried running those things in wine or something like bottles?

[wimpywoodchuck@feddit.org]

Extended Security Updates for Windows 10 can be purchased today through the Microsoft Volume Licensing Program, at $61 USD per device for Year One. The price doubles every consecutive year, for a maximum of three years.

Welp. Thanks, but no thanks.

[vala@lemmy.world]

Should they really though?

Been daily driving Linux for 15+ years now.

I recently got a computer that officially supports Linux (framework 13). Running Fedora, an officially supported distro.

Had to literally compile C code just to change my touchpad scroll speed.

I love Linux and it's improved a LOT over the years but there are still things that IMO make it not quite ready for average consumers.

[vala@lemmy.world]

Should they really though?

Been daily driving Linux for 15+ years now.

I recently got a computer that officially supports Linux (framework 13). Running Fedora, an officially supported distro.

Had to literally compile C code just to change my touchpad scroll speed.

I love Linux and it's improved a LOT over the years but there are still things that IMO make it not quite ready for average consumers.

[buddascrayon@lemmy.world]

I guess it's a good thing I am switching to Linux.

[petter1@lemm.ee]

That is most likely not a linux issue, but a driver issue, if the driver was as bad on windows as it is on Linux, you would need to do the same to achieve that with that hardware.

Or, if handled by window manager, it may be, that there are different implementations for different managers, and yours happened to not support scroll speed change

To be fair, most common user do not change scroll speed.

But I agree, most will just continue using unsafe windows 10

[petter1@lemm.ee]

They are already here..

[petter1@lemm.ee]

didn’t have any issues

You see the issues if you have sleeping agents on your machine and thus being part of botnets..

Additionally, it could be the entry point into your network, if connected to the internet. Your other modern PC trust you, to keep your LAN clean, so they are not as protective about LAN stuff than about stuff coming from WAN.

[petter1@lemm.ee]

Just install them a browser and pin it to task bar on mint. Maybe add all important websites to favourites, and boom 99% of use cases of common people: Check

[korhaka@sopuli.xyz]

My partner keeps telling me to stop trying to install Linux on things... It will fix all the problems though! Like someone that only ever uses chrome they could just have an Ubuntu install and I am sure they will be able to manage using firefox.

[redwattlebird@lemmings.world]

Nope. Brother in law is upgrading all the family PCs (a total of 3) so he can carry on with 11. Only nerds like everyone here and myself will switch to Linux because we know upgrading your PC just to support the OS is ridiculous.