Comment on Windows 10 gets three more years of security updates, if you can afford them
KrummsHairyBalls@lemmy.ca 6 months agoAnd Linux doesn’t work with a ton of stuff. I have a ton of hardware that only works on Windows, I have a ton of software that only works on Windows with 0 Linux alternatives…
I mean shit, even PAID DaVinci Resolve doesn’t have AAC audio support on Linux, while it’s in the free version on Windows.
I’m also not sure what you mean by longer support for old hardware? Windows has crazy good support for legacy hardware. I can plug my steering wheel from 1997 into my windows 11 PC and it just works.
I mean shit, Windows literally has code in the kernel specifically to fix bugs with older games.
But ya. Linux is better. That’s why my wifi drivers, sound drivers, video drivers, trackpad drivers, don’t work, and I have to spend a week trying to fix it.
SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
Windows 11, while you can work around it, specifically requests tom, which definitively is not from 1999…
Also, windows has its own endless list of driver issues, hardware does not always “just work” on windows, on the other hand, it also often “just works” on linux. It depends, of course, but I never had to install a sketchy driver for my PS3 controller on linux (it’s in the kernel), but I had to on windows. Not to mention printers.
A bunch of software is also only, though that depends of course on your field and what you need. I’ve seen plenty of software that I needed that did not have a proper (or as good) windows alternative.
DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
I mean, TPM 2.0 is already 5 years old so were not really talking about MS requiring cutting-edge tech when they stop supporting Win10 in two years.
SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
My computer parts were like 8 years old when I replaced them.
DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
But getting a 6 year old used laptop by the time its necessary is fortunately pretty cheap. And for consumers there’s honestly very few that need to use windows, so there’s always Linux distros as an alternative.
I get that it’s not a good move for consumers, I’m not disagreeing with that. But it’s just also so very far from the catastrophe that so many seem to insist it is. It’s honestly a mild inconvenience, and the coverage it’s getting is IMO completely out of proportion to the problem.
KrummsHairyBalls@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Ps3 controllers literally just work on Windows without any sketchy drivers. Same with ps4 and ps5.
Printers literally just work. I bought a Brother, and windows 11 automatically found it.
Sounds like you should be up to date before commenting.
I would love to know which software is Linux only.