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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Gemini24601@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

With support ending for Windows 10, the most popular desktop operating system in the world currently, possibly 240 million pcs may be sent to the landfill. This is mostly due to Windows 11’s exorbitant requirements. This will most likely result in many pcs being immediately outdated, and prone to viruses. GNU/Linux may be these computers’ only secure hope, what do you think?

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[-] sevan@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

My desktop and laptop are both eligible to upgrade, but I keep declining and will likely switch to linux when win10 support ends.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Why wait? It's a process, so I would start asap

[-] sevan@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I've thought about it, but right now everything works exactly the way I need it and the only complaint I have is the occasional pop-ups from MS trying to get me to upgrade to win11 or switch my browser. My main uses for my devices are games and I just started back to school, so MS Office is nice to have. So, it's hard to justify putting in the effort to change things now, especially when I know how to use MS products very well, particularly modding games.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah. I feel ya. I still have windows on dual boot for certain things and it's been a struggle at times but I gotta say I dread the times I need to boot windows! So much slower and annoying

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