But the progress must go on, right?

Microsoft, doing it’s part to make the world a better place.

  • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    No it won’t.

    240 million grandmas, cheapskate businesses, and cash-strapped public schools will continue to use whatever operating system their computers already have, forever, until they break, security implications be damned.

    • funchords@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      My 76 y/o spouse loves Linux Mint. The 2017-bought desktop was deemed insufficient for Windows 11 and now runs Mint.

      • Holzkohlen@feddit.deEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        If all they use is a web browser and solitaire then putting them on Linux is super easy. Got my dad on Mint for years now. I recommend KPatience for solitaire needs.

    • kescusay@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      This is a huge business opportunity for someone with the know-how. They should offer a consulting service that does the following:

      1. Catalogs the software your company is using.
      2. Identifies which ones have native Linux versions, which ones work well under WINE, and which ones will need to be replaced with either a different native application or an online equivalent.
      3. Installs and configures Linux with a Windows-like UI on your old systems, and gets them set up with the replacement software.

      Offer a support contract that severely undercuts anything Microsoft is gouging selling. Offer basic training, too.

      Anyone who does that can make bank.

  • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Yes, because normal people always throw PCs away when they stop getting security updates.

  • kinther@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

    I built a new PC last year and bought a copy of Windows 11. Holy moly the login process required so much bullshit that I skipped through. It also every few days tries to get me to go through it again. After learning about all the Spyware and other bullshit I decided to just take the plunge back into using Linux as a main OS.

    • LockheedTheDragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      A couple of years ago I was trying to reinstall Windows 10 without Internet. I hadn’t bought a switch for that room yet so ended up having to unplug another computer so Windows “Special Snowflake” 10 would let me a little easlier set up the admin and user.

  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

    I installed Tiny11 on my ancient potato of a laptop to extend its life without having to do without the easy compatibility of Windows OR deal with the bloat and other bullshit Microsoft forces on you.

    So far it’s accomplished all of that admirably while being as lightweight and stable as Lubuntu, the Linux distro I had it running before!

    Btw, this might be relevant to your interests as well and though it might sound like it, none of the things mentioned and linked in this comment are in any way illegal 😁

  • ClopClopMcFuckwad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

    I’m seriously thinking of trying Linux when Windows 11 is forced. My computer has the specs to run it, but I’m just tired of Windows and Microsoft.

    • pascal@lemm.eeEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      I get the joke, but lots of people, me included, start to understand why people pay so much for a Mac. It’s not the hardware, it’s not having to deal with Windows.

        • pascal@lemm.eeEnglish
          0·
          1 year ago

          I have 20 years of experience in Linux. I’m not the average “I’m using Arch btw” Linux user. I managed several services at work with Linux and have a homelab at home.

          If I wasn’t a PC gamer, Windows was gone from my house. That’s how I prefer Linux.

          Having said that, your statement is objectively wrong.

    • Trollception@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      Uh I don’t have time or wish to subject myself to the frustration that is Linux. I’ve tried it at least 5 times in the past 10 years and strongly prefer Windows.

    • Soggy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Gaming is the primary driver behind my PC choices by a humongous margin. I’m not really concerned about imvasive anti-cheat software, I don’t want to tinker with settings, I want to turn on my computer and play video games. That means I use Windows.