6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?
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Maybe I'm remembering it wrong, but didn't MS push important security updates to Win7 even after end of support?
They are doing that only for paying users for 10
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I was pointing out that M$ neither made other hardware that doesn’t support W11, or (directly) profits from hardware being outside support for W11. So planned obsolescence doesn’t really apply in any way to 99% of cases people try to say it does.
Okay I understand now, but I think the formulation could have been better then
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I am on Fedora. But i still have Windows dual boot left. But I dont use Windows 10 that often - I don't see the need. I just have it as a backup OS. I have free enough free diskspace on my SSD so currently not doing anything.
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Switching to Linux with no intentions of moving back. I'm fed up with MS. I'm not settled on which distro (and I don't want to distro hop on my main machine) but I know for sure that I'm switching.
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Linux for gaming and most other use cases, Windows for the one proprietary application I use. Although I suppose I might go IoT LTSC.
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20 years for me (even thought I used Windows for a year in there).
There's also the issue of people who regularly play games with kernel AC, particularly with studios who intentionally refuse Linux support.
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Unfortunately, any app that needs a GPU would be difficult to work with in a VM. You have to manually set up GPU-passthru, which requires figuring out the PCI addresses and whatnot of your card, along with using a terminal. As I understand it, this process also prevents you from using that GPU outside of the VM, which is cruddy.
I was hoping to have a Linux Mint + Windows 11 VM back in January, but that didn't work out. I am hoping that the upcoming SteamOS Desktop would make Linux friendly enough for games that aren't native to Steam, such as my GOG collection, Window 3.1 stuff like Stars!, modding, and assorted Japanese locale games.
SteamOS isn't going to be the "Windows killer" people think it'll be. I'm a massive Valve and Steam fan but SteamOS isn't any better than any of the other major distros when it comes to gaming.
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Maybe I'm remembering it wrong, but didn't MS push important security updates to Win7 even after end of support?
That was an exceptional case, I think with the WannaCry malware. Not something they'll regularly do.
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I technically have a Win10+Linux dual boot setup right now, but I haven't used the Linux install in forever, and I think it's broken. So I'll probably fix this and then use Linux when possible and continue using the unsupported win10 for everything that needs windows.
I remember people mentioning the win10 LTCS version with 10 years support, but I'm not going to buy anything from them. Maybe I'll use it unactived if needed.
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They won't brick it, but you can bet that a lot of people are sitting on unreleased 0-days for win10. It will likely be dangerous to connect to the internet on day 1.
Luckily I already don't trust the internet already and don't go anywhere online without script blockers and I don't open emails as a rule of thumb. I am sure it will be dangerous, but I am not relying on passive security already.
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I hope this is a sarcastic joke.
If it’s not, support means updates. More importantly security updates.
There is a reason you don’t put a windows XP machine on the internet.
XP might actually be somewhat safe to connect by now. Most of the viruses and worms have updated past it by now.
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I'm blocking addresses at the router daily. I could live with 11 if I could uninstall their garbage. I've tried any number of things to keep crapilot 365 off of my domain machines but I'm told I have to have the enterprise edition to do that.
Yeah, legislation needs passed that any software on any device purchased or leased must be removable without voiding warranties or service contracts. That would go a long way towards making phones, computers, and other devices less invasive and actually privacy protected.
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Unless you're using NVIDIA. Didn't work out of the box for me and required a couple hours of fiddling. Mint worked seamlessly.
Wrangling my Nvidia drivers into Mint also took a couple hours for me but I haven't had problems afterward
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I have Windows only for League, no Steam installed. Ergo I don't count
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I'm not the OP but I have a similar situation. I work in multimedia design and use a wide array of software from the full Adobe suite, to in-house command line apps, to the Articulate suite and everything in between.
I'd love to be on Linux but that just isn't a possibility for me.
I'm a professional graphic designer that dumped Adobe years back and I've been able to keep working using open source design applications.
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Another big component that makes it hard to switch for some is also the fact that many programs and web apps won’t work on Linux.
As an example , if you use peacock on your browser to watch things like wrestling PLEs, peacock(and other services) straight up block Linux users.
It’s annoying when the product will work but it’s being gatekept by these greedy fucking companies.
This is likely easily remedied with an extension to tell Peacock you're on a supported system. Artificial incompatibility.
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What Linux distro and version do you run? Do you have proton installed and all the drivers? It should run flawlessly.
Ubuntu 24.04, as far as I know I have all the right Proton stuff installed and the latest Nvidia drivers.
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My (perfectly good) PC isn't Win 11 compatible, so I can't upgrade from 10. I've got Linux running on an old laptop so I'm thinking of installing it on my PC. Buuut a few years back I moved from Google Drive to OneDrive and so now I'm looking at Proton Drive instead. It's all a big time soak, sigh. But worth it? I guess... The timing isn't great either - I've got an exam in October that I need to study hard for and do practical prep as well, plus I have travel plans. It's all a bit much. I'm too old to be this busy!
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Switching to Linux with no intentions of moving back. I'm fed up with MS. I'm not settled on which distro (and I don't want to distro hop on my main machine) but I know for sure that I'm switching.
I'm not settled on which distro
I distro hop a lot, myself, but I always hear nice things about Linux Mint. (And last time I used Mint, I had no complaints.)
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I had read that Steam on WINE is pretty stable. Is it not?
