6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?
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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
Yeah I've been Linux only since like 2012 but lately booting into windows 10 for sim racing, that's just not a thing on Linux it seems
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My system isn't even that old (maybe 4 years) and the first few times I got that very annoying popup that I should try to upgrade it told me in vague terms that I couldn't. So be it, everything runs fine now. I have backups of everything, so if WIn10 doesn't continue to work as simply unsupported one day I'll look for ways to "fix" it like someone mentioned with a 3rd party, or go to Linux and adapt to it. Anyone who has ever had a drive failure knows that the solution is to use a recovery USB which will be a portable Linux, so it will be just another version of that.
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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
Moonlight and sunshine are very much alive and active.
https://github.com/moonlight-stream
https://github.com/LizardByte/SunshineRunning with Linux (Nobara) for a while now, stability and updates come much faster than Steam client updates, IMO.
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Moonlight is still alive? I used to use it constantly and was really disappointed when support for it discontinued.
Sunshine is still very much in active development for the server side of things, and the client app is also still active. Both seem to still work flawlessly in Windows and Linux on Nvidia cards for me, and as far as I know there's very solid support for AMD cards as well.
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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?
I'm not familiar enough with KDE to know what you mean by a Windows-esque update step, but if you can explain further I'll see if I can find something for you.
Alternatively, someone else might pop in with some options.
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Already moved all my PC stuff to Linux. Laptop, desktop, media server. Been wanting to do this for years. Thanks, Valve and Proton, and to all those Linux developers who made this transition possible. Fuck M$
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Most people won't budge. It doesn't matter if Win10 is unsupported or isn't getting a security update, I reckon a solid 40 of 43% will just stay on it until programs they use stop working.
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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 could but thatās because a friend of mine works on the legacy rendering code in Excel. He has some traumatic war stories to share.
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I'm not familiar enough with KDE to know what you mean by a Windows-esque update step, but if you can explain further I'll see if I can find something for you.
Alternatively, someone else might pop in with some options.
I sampled Fedora a few years back, but, much like Windows, when it installs updates for certain core components, on shutdown and boot-up, it will have a "Please wait while we install updates" screen. Meanwhile, in Kubuntu, it installs everything in the background while I'm using my computer normally, and the change takes place on next restart, when I'm good and ready, with no additional time waiting at that update screen.
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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.
Well, Mint is still one of the top recommendations for new users. It gets support for the newest hardware at a bit of a delay, so if you wanted to follow suit with your new gaming PC, it might not be as great of a choice for that for now, but for your laptop, that's what I'd recommend, if you're not looking to experiment.
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I was thinking the same thing. He will just forever be known as the guy. Maybe it will change once he dies?
I don't think so. Gate's shoes are big ones.
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Starting to plan my next build and will likely go full Linux
Same. I just gotta figure out what distro I want to run. Nobara, Bazzite, Mint, Zorin, Kubuntu, idk. I get analysis paralysis. Iāve run Ubuntu, Fedora, and even tried Arch once, but itās been a long while since Iāve been full Linux. Iām definitely done with Windows tho (at least outside of work, but I canāt control that).
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Well, Mint is still one of the top recommendations for new users. It gets support for the newest hardware at a bit of a delay, so if you wanted to follow suit with your new gaming PC, it might not be as great of a choice for that for now, but for your laptop, that's what I'd recommend, if you're not looking to experiment.
I'm probably not going to be doing much gaming on my laptop, if any. I could be persuaded to experiment if you have any other suggestions.
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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.
for newcomers, maybe this is the best combo. Debian stable with KDE Plasma.
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My home (gaming) pc is going back to linux for sure., on the very day they drop support for 10.
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I don't think so. Gate's shoes are big ones.
You're right, it's really hard to fill the shoes of someone who abuses their power and position to try to hook up with women.
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If they are ready by then, it would be perfect timing to grab a TON of users.
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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?
To choose your distro you must first decide whether you want a a stable distribution (debian) or a bleeding edge one (arch). Then you have to decide whether you want it to be a rolling release (tumbleweed) or a fixed point release distribution (fedora).
There's a lot more that could be said about each of these distros, but they all have KDE sessions.
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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
Holy shit I remember that article too!
