6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?
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My gaming PC is on Win 11 because it's recent and I'm lazy and it's convenient. My laptop runs Win 10 so it'll be Linux I guess. Not really looking forward to finding a distro and reinstalling and whatnot but what can you do. It's been a good few years since I last had a Linux box so I'm pretty rusty and not up to date on the recent best distros.
For gaming, people often recommend Pop!_OS, Bazzite, or Zorin, but you can use whatever you want if you are a tinkerer. I use Debian and have a great time gaming.
Outside of gaming and if Windows software compatibility isn't really something you're worried about, you can use any distro you want.
You can try some of them out using a web browser with DistroSea if you feel like it, though they don't have every distro because that would be nuts.
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It's maybe some kind of circular logic, but my brain doesn't recognize a picture of Satya Nadella = "Microsoft's CEO" for some reason.
Maybe your brain would, if it had a chance to connect the two if they posted more pictures of Satya and Microsoft in the same context...
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What distro did you use before?
I used to use UbuntuStudio back when I was playing around with music recording and production ages ago because it ran the real-time kernel which was important for JACK I think. Last time though was just Mint.
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Unfortunately, I use some software that's Windows-only, and can't be bothered to set up a VM or anything
can't be bothered
That sure is unfortunate
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Windows 10 IoT LTSC has support until 2032. Just saying...
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Already did and it's glorious! Steam works beautifully and the only final thing that I'm missing is Adobe products.
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Only semi-related: Why do they always show pictures of Gates when he hasn't been involved in MS in a long time? Why never Satya Nadella?
I couldn't name another Microsoft employee if a gun was to my head. but I can still vividly remember myself in 4th grade reading about Bill Gate's mega mansion in Popular Mechanics for Kids
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I’ll be switching fully to Linux this summer, but will also upgrade windows 10 to 11 on the last week of support. I’ll only use it then if I have to, on a separate drive.
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Windows 10 IoT LTSC has support until 2032. Just saying...
I've heard about this, but can anybody who's gone through it describe how much effort it was? Do you have to do a from-scratch Windows install? Did you lose any of your stuff? What level of computer expertise would you say is enough to handle installing LTSC, e.g. could your parents do it?
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My gaming 'puter is running win 10, and the plan is to replace it with one running Manjaro. Will have to see when that happens, not upgrading to win 11.
I upgraded as soon as I had the chance, to Windows 11. But I never boot into it because my games run absolutely fine on Arch using Steam and the Proton compatibility layer.
No reason to boot Windows whatsoever. I can't remember the last time I did. Every time I boot into it, the last system update finishes and a new one is available. 
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I play only on Linux, and it works great. Come on over!
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can't be bothered
That sure is unfortunate
It's easier to install it than reconfiguring default Windows.
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Maybe your brain would, if it had a chance to connect the two if they posted more pictures of Satya and Microsoft in the same context...
Yeah, its maybe some kind of circular logic that their brain doesn't make that link
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Come to Linux, it's all I've used since Windows 7 and it works great.
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I've heard about this, but can anybody who's gone through it describe how much effort it was? Do you have to do a from-scratch Windows install? Did you lose any of your stuff? What level of computer expertise would you say is enough to handle installing LTSC, e.g. could your parents do it?
It's super easy, particularly if you follow a guide your first time. Your parents could absolutely do the install if you set up the USB for them. The hardest part is finding a safe download for the OS (they are .iso files) and setting it up on a USB stick (I recommend using Ventoy).
I know that it's a fediverse sin to post reddit links here, but there's a genuinely superb megathread for Windows 10 LTSC IoT available that I recommend:
https://www.reddit.com/r/WindowsLTSC/comments/15rfdjo/windows_ltsc_megathread/
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I dual boot but I'm on Windows 11 for my windows partition because the fucking thing just upgraded itself one day.
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For gaming, people often recommend Pop!_OS, Bazzite, or Zorin, but you can use whatever you want if you are a tinkerer. I use Debian and have a great time gaming.
Outside of gaming and if Windows software compatibility isn't really something you're worried about, you can use any distro you want.
You can try some of them out using a web browser with DistroSea if you feel like it, though they don't have every distro because that would be nuts.
I've been on Kubuntu for a while, but snaps are starting to bug me. When I build a new PC, I'm in the market for a new distro. Do you have a solid recommendation for a KDE-based distro that doesn't have a Windows-esque update step during shutdown and restart?
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I couldn't name another Microsoft employee if a gun was to my head. but I can still vividly remember myself in 4th grade reading about Bill Gate's mega mansion in Popular Mechanics for Kids
Steve Ballmer! Developers developers developers! That's the other one I know
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Moonlight is still alive? I used to use it constantly and was really disappointed when support for it discontinued.
Well I see it I repos and app stores, not real sure of the development, last update on the Google store was Feb 2024. Still seems to work when I've played with it
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I couldn't name another Microsoft employee if a gun was to my head. but I can still vividly remember myself in 4th grade reading about Bill Gate's mega mansion in Popular Mechanics for Kids
I'm somewhat in the same boat but I remember Mister "Developers Developers Developers" Steve Ballmer who was also immortalized by the "Ballmer Peak" XKCD. https://xkcd.com/323/
