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[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 day ago

This is going to have a much bigger impact on the third would countries.

Most people here are not going to buy a new computer there are tons of people who buy second hand laptops that are old to be able to afford them.

Additionally people are not tech savvy and don’t understand the implication of this. When they see an ad that says to buy a new computer, they are going to dismiss it the same way they dismiss all the other ads online telling them to buy stuff.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 16 hours ago

Still waiting for Fedora to get VR support

[–] [email protected] 12 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

every few years on Linux Discord groups across the internet

"Hi, Windows just stopped support, you guys got any suggestions?"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 22 hours ago
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[–] [email protected] 114 points 1 day ago (10 children)

Have my second pc on running Linux mint for about half a year now and it’s been a pleasure so far.

I think I’ll be prepared to switch over fully in a year.

So fucking refuse to switch over to 11

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I only have one computer that can run 11 because of the TPM module, it upgraded by accident.

All others will run linux

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Pretty telling when the only way you can get your users to "upgrade" is by stealth. I wonder what the % of involuntarily upgraded win11 users is vs people who knowingly and willingly did so.

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Summary: M$ hates their users more than ever.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't think they think about the user at all.

They want that telemetry/ad money baby!

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

the enshitification will continue until profits improve

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

I'd rather pay for security updates than invite more AI and Microsoft sponsored spyware onto my computer...

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago (23 children)

Win10 LTSC still has quite a few years left.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago (5 children)

It’s not available for individual consumers though unless you pirate it, isn’t it? (which makes it perfectly good reason to pirate it)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So, could users just ignore that and just buy an anti-virus product or use 0patch? If it's like Widows 8, most apps will still be updated for a few years.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Generally speaking that's ill-advised, antimalware tools rely on heuristics and active samples.

You don't wanna be the first person to get xyz virus. It's certainly better than nothing though.

Unless you have an app you can't live without Linux is the most accessible than it ever has been.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

The most important thing to get updates in the browser tbh. That's the source of nearly everything bad these days, and the main reason somebody would bother to update their PC.

I reckon they'll continue providing updates for those for as long as there's enough people using it. It's not like Google are going to willing turn round and go "whelp, no more adverts and spying for these millions of users!"

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

This sucks for me. I have to install Windows 11 on my other hardrive for work. I daily drive Linux.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago

work is work

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago

It's hell. But at least you can dial boot the damn thing.

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