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Gentle reminder to everyone that support for #windows10 ends in about 90 weeks. Many computers can't upgrade to Win 11 so here are your options:

  1. Continue on Win 10 but with higher security risks.
  2. Buy new and expensive hardware that supports Win11.
  3. Try a beginner friendly #Linux distro like #linuxmint. It only takes about two months to acclimate.

@nixCraft @linux @windowscentralbot

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

I expect a jump in Linux users, which is of course great news. Albeit in time I expect even more Tech companies to get into the space too, which is not optimal. As I expect them to corrupt a lot of open source projects.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Sysadmin noises

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

CLickbait bullshit and everyone that upvoted is responsible. This is stupid, you can do better.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Given the break-neck pace of development, I am sure the ReactOS folks will be ready.

https://reactos.org/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Last I checked windows 11 can be installed without TPM support. I think rufus even has a simple checkbox for it and Chris Titus's winutil can modify an ISO to do the sams

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I'll probably procrastinate finding a solution for so long that I'll end up running my Win10 installation airgapped on a separate PC made from ancient spare parts

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That is so misleading, when you can just disable the TPM 2.0 requirements with a single click in Rufus

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

That's a great tip.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm thinking of trying a dual-boot in the future. Does Linux play nice with Window's filesystems or does it still require its own partition?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

It requires it's own partition to not have issues. It can see into your windows partition however, if required.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Us low spec gamers cannot afford losing at least 10 fps in some games, so it seems we're tied to win 10 for the time being.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

There's still around two more years of support for Windows 10. By that time, it shouldn't be too expensive to upgrade some components to some second-hand ones that perform better than your current ones.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago
  • Backport fixes manually
  • use rufus to bypass hardware requirements, enforced account and bitlocker
[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I'll wait until the 11th hour, start testing the kids out on Debian and steam see if proton can bridge the gap for them. Wife is Mac. My servers are already Linux One of my laptops is already Debian. Anything else I have from work that needs Windows is already new enough to run 11.

I do have a camera server running win 10 and blue iris. Not really sure what to do there. I have a lot of time wrapped up in Blue Iris on that box and I seriously doubt I'll be able to run hardware acceleration in any type of compatibility layer. That box may just get cordoned off from the internet and network, or I'll do a upgrade hack.

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