Comment on Your Windows 10 PC will soon be 'junk' - users told to resist Microsoft deadline

• LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Well not the ones I tried. Maybe I had bad luck.

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  • HERRAX@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Now this has me curious, what devices are those? Since transitioning to Linux I’ve installed it on a Mac, a surface pro 4, an old Lenovo laptop, an Asus laptop from 2014, my dedicated LAN desktop PC and my main desktop gaming PC, and none of those have had any issues.

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    • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s been like 15 years so I don’t remember but I remember one wouldn’t work due to a proprietary driver. The other I just couldn’t figure out so it may be user error but it certainly wasn’t easy to set up.

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      • HERRAX@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        That’s understandable then, a lot has happened and the installation process in most distros is extremely user friendly and automated these days.

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  • Sanyanov@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Probably something in the BIOS, like secure boot or something. Normally such issues are easy to troubleshoot.

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    • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Once was a proprietary driver. Obviously not the fault of Linux but still an obstacle for me. The other I forgot the issue. It may have been solvable but it was not easy for me.

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      • Sanyanov@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Got you. Yes, drivers are still a mess sometimes.

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