Comment on Microsoft tells Windows 10 users to just trade in their PC for a newer one, because how hard can it be?

deadkennedy@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• shininghero@pawb.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Or better yet, windows 10 LTSC. Which will be supported for another 2 years. 4 if you subsequently switch the product key to the IOT LTSC version.

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  • db2@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The hurdles windows users are willing to put up with is nothing less than amazing. That’s not a good thing.

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    • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Or look at it the other way: they hate Linux so much they’d rather deal with that than deal with Linux.

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      • THB@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I would love to learn and deal with Linux, unfortunately the software I need for work only supports Mac or Win

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    • shininghero@pawb.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Oh, I already have Linux on my laptop. It’s my desktop that still has some blockers preventing a full Linux transition.
      Primarily the Pimax headset. Once I get a suitable replacement, I’ll actually be able to start testing and transferring stuff.

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  • d3lta19@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    IOT version is supported until 2032

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  • deadkennedy@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    oh nice - thanks for sharing, i was not aware of this and will add it to my toolbox!

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• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The free OS Linux also doesn’t pull this crap, and Rufus can write a Linux ISO to your USB drive and remove Microsoft’s gaslighting from your life.

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  • deadkennedy@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    gaslighting

    Bro, i cut my teeth on FreeBSD 2.2.x and lived through the Great Linux / Windows wars of 95 and 98…

    but im not so sure MS ever gaslit anyone. everyone seemed to have a pretty solid perception of reality.

    Maybe the term gaslighting means something new to you 🤷

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I use it in the sense that Microsoft is changing what you perceive to be ownership. They’re essentially gaslighting you into believing that they actually own your PC, and that you need to upgrade to be compatible with Windows, instead of Windows being compatible with your hardware.

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      • deadkennedy@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I use it in the sense

        right, like i figured, you’ve got your own definition 👍

        They’re essentially gaslighting you into believing that they actually own your PC

        can you share some examples of this behavior?

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• Matriks404@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah, but will updates work? And even if they do, what’s stopping Microsoft in disabling them somehow?

  Nowadays if you want to have usable Windows installation you need to use a bunch of 3rd party scripts that might break on next update. Learning Linux is easier than this shit.

  I can’t wait for someone to ask me how to solve some shit in Windows, and me saying that I don’t have patience for this shit.

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  • deadkennedy@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    updates work.

    MS won’t disable them - but hey want people to move to Windows 11.

    Congrats on migrating to Linux! it’s what i’ve been pushing friends and family towards for decades, and thankfully Ubuntu is in a position right now to be a fine desktop OS, esp for the average user who lives in a web browser.

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    • Matriks404@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I am using Debian stable, since I no longer care about having latest stuff and the whole Debian-like ecosystem is what I am the most familiar with. As for Ubuntu I never had good experience with it, with random crashes all the time last time I used it (about 10-12 years ago), and when I tried it last year, I encountered random crashes in GNOME apps just after finishing setup.

      Linux Mint (regular or LMDE) is what I’d probably install on other people computers though. Literally never had problems with it (used it about 10 years ago on a netbook).

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      • deadkennedy@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        sure sounds like you have some funny hardware configurations with all these issues you have across OSes.

        👍

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• UnpledgedCatnapTipper@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Windows updates don’t work correctly a lot of the time if you’ve bypassed the requirements. My predecessor at work installed 11 on some ancient systems and it’s been a hassle.

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  • deadkennedy@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’ve had no issues on the machines i’ve done this with, aside from having to do an upgrade in place with a major update (used rufus, write the latest iso, did the upgrade from the bootable usb.

    regular windows updates work without hassle. perhaps your predecessor didn’t use a complete solution 🤷

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