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[–] [email protected] 95 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Looks like they're getting a bit nervy that this forced obsolescence might actually push some people away from windows

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 5 points 6 days ago

Or they're worried about a ton of bad press when people inevitably get compromised after security updates end.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

This is the perfect time for Linux to fix any problems it may have.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Did it for me. I went full tilt to nixos, none of this mint or popos business

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

My next distro hop is going to be Debian mini and then I'm just going to hand build out the whole OS myself.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Your head is bent if you think thats a gatekeeping comment

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Just kinda comes across like Mint or PopOS are somehow “less-than.”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Its the opposite. Well done. Nix is very difficult.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 week ago

Windows 11's spying and bloat is what's pushing me away from windows.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago

Too late in my case. I don't even have a Windows partition any more on my desktop. Haven't for over a year.