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Nearly half of Steam's users are still using Windows 10, with end of life fast approaching (www.pcguide.com)

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (26 children)

Thing is, there's people out there on windows 10 on a computer without the magic special chip windows 11 demands.

Lots of those people can't update and lots don't know about Linux or understand how to even use a USB drive to install it.

Yes it's easy for us semi tech people, but remember not everyone is into tech or understand how computers works.

People NEED computers to do stuff like applying for jobs, or searching online, or video games with friends.

Those people who don't have a tpm chip and can't upgrade will just not and continue using a insecure windows 10 because they don't know or understand what it is.

Remember Lemmy, just because you understand tech, doesn't mean everyone knows about it, or can grasp the concepts.

[–] thatKamGuy 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I’m a PC that’s not currently “compatible” with Windows 11, because I’m too lazy/refuse to enable TPM 2.0 in my BIOS.

Given how much of a pain in the ass my work machine is with Win 11 — I’d honestly rather switch to Linux than deal with it on my home system.

I’ve been tinkering with my Steam Deck for almost a year, and haven’t been able to accidentally brick it - it’s definitely come a long way from where it was back in my uni days (early 00s).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I did get TPM 2.0 enabled and the updater still thinks it isn't there. Linux is now my primary with Win10 as a fallback for the handfull of programs that won't run acceptably in Wine or Proton. My biggest problem so far is Civilization 6; Aspyr hasn't updated the Linux build in ages and doing multiplayer with the Windows version via Proton makes it lag with terrible frame rate. Single player is fine, and multi in Win10 is also fine, so I'm not sure what to do about it.

[–] thatKamGuy 1 points 4 days ago

Have you given any thought to switching to a LTSC version of Windows 10 Enterprise? There are a few trade-offs from what I can see, but at least it eliminates the issue of no security updates for up to 5 more years.

I’m still mulling over the pro’s and con’s - curious on what you think.

It’d hopefully allow you to keep Civ6 multiplayer going for the time being until (if/when) the Linux issues get solved?

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