Comment on Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 3 days agoI’m a bit depressed that I finally need to upgrade my last windows 7 machine. It looks like it’s 10 for me now :-(
Comment on Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 3 days agoI’m a bit depressed that I finally need to upgrade my last windows 7 machine. It looks like it’s 10 for me now :-(
LorIps@lemmy.world 3 days ago
www.fedoraproject.org linuxmint.com archlinux.org www.debian.org elementary.io system76.com/pop/
There are many safe open source options. If you need help there are ample resources available. If you want to you can also DM me.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Yeah, I’m well aware. But how much of my time would it take to get a bunch of windows software running smoothly on Linux?
I do appreciate the offer of personal help, that’s an extremely generous offer to an internet stranger. Sincerely, thank you!
LorIps@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Depends on what software. Anything that happens in the browser works. A lot of other software can be run using Wine. There is some software which still has problems especially when using USB ports as serial ports etc. and a lot of subpar software (un)fortunately just doesn’t work because of it being badly programmed.
Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Check if there’s alternatives to what you use in Windows, or if there’s a Linux version. Decide if you need to use the windows program, or if the Linux equivalent will work. There may be a learning curve to using a different program, but I haven’t yet really found anything that doesn’t have an equivalent that isn’t a program paired with hardware that will only work with each other.