▲ 607 ▼ Microsoft's Windows 11 push backfired, so it's quietly keeping Windows 10 alive for another year (www.xda-developers.com) submitted 2 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 197 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 153 points 2 months ago (6 children) Too late, already on Mint. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 31 points 2 months ago (5 children) My desktop has been running Linux for a while now, but I finally got tired enough with the repeated flops from Microslop™ that I switched my 6 year old Surface I use for surfing from the couch over to Mint. Not looking back at this point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Khrux@ttrpg.network 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) I'm close to a similar point, my PC has been Linux for a couple of years but my old surface book has been on windows 10 (with some 6 year security update thing that was mentioned during the time Win 10 was dropped). The main reason I haven't dropped it is that I sometimes use it for work or uni, so compatibility and other people being familiar has been a priority but I've graduated and got a work laptop so it's probably time to drop Windows outright. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 2 points 2 months ago You can also dual boot in a pinch, it's not too bad to setup permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (3 replies) load more comments (3 replies)
[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 31 points 2 months ago (5 children) My desktop has been running Linux for a while now, but I finally got tired enough with the repeated flops from Microslop™ that I switched my 6 year old Surface I use for surfing from the couch over to Mint. Not looking back at this point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Khrux@ttrpg.network 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) I'm close to a similar point, my PC has been Linux for a couple of years but my old surface book has been on windows 10 (with some 6 year security update thing that was mentioned during the time Win 10 was dropped). The main reason I haven't dropped it is that I sometimes use it for work or uni, so compatibility and other people being familiar has been a priority but I've graduated and got a work laptop so it's probably time to drop Windows outright. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 2 points 2 months ago You can also dual boot in a pinch, it's not too bad to setup permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (3 replies)
[–] Khrux@ttrpg.network 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) I'm close to a similar point, my PC has been Linux for a couple of years but my old surface book has been on windows 10 (with some 6 year security update thing that was mentioned during the time Win 10 was dropped). The main reason I haven't dropped it is that I sometimes use it for work or uni, so compatibility and other people being familiar has been a priority but I've graduated and got a work laptop so it's probably time to drop Windows outright. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 2 points 2 months ago You can also dual boot in a pinch, it's not too bad to setup permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 2 points 2 months ago You can also dual boot in a pinch, it's not too bad to setup permalink fedilink source parent