Bill said Windows 10 was the last one, so...
this post was submitted on 28 Jul 2023
1125 points (96.7% liked)
linuxmemes
21434 readers
710 users here now
Hint: :q!
Sister communities:
Community rules (click to expand)
1. Follow the site-wide rules
- Instance-wide TOS: https://legal.lemmy.world/tos/
- Lemmy code of conduct: https://join-lemmy.org/docs/code_of_conduct.html
2. Be civil
- Understand the difference between a joke and an insult.
- Do not harrass or attack members of the community for any reason.
- Leave remarks of "peasantry" to the PCMR community. If you dislike an OS/service/application, attack the thing you dislike, not the individuals who use it. Some people may not have a choice.
- Bigotry will not be tolerated.
- These rules are somewhat loosened when the subject is a public figure. Still, do not attack their person or incite harrassment.
3. Post Linux-related content
- Including Unix and BSD.
- Non-Linux content is acceptable as long as it makes a reference to Linux. For example, the poorly made mockery of
sudoin Windows. - No porn. Even if you watch it on a Linux machine.
4. No recent reposts
- Everybody uses Arch btw, can't quit Vim, and wants to interject for a moment. You can stop now.
Please report posts and comments that break these rules!
Important: never execute code or follow advice that you don't understand or can't verify, especially here. The word of the day is credibility. This is a meme community -- even the most helpful comments might just be shitposts that can damage your system. Be aware, be smart, don't fork-bomb your computer.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
11? Fuck that, I'm not sidegrading to 8.
I ain't even joking. My media PC is still on 7, everything else is on Linux now.
Isn't it insecure to run such an old version tho? (Since it stopped recieving updates years ago)
Stockholm syndrome windows users trying to justify their toxic relationship to microsoft (colorized circa 2020).
It's insecure (in more ways than one) to be running Windows in general. If you value security to a high degree you probably shouldn't be using Windows.
embedded editions can get you extended time on older windows versions
load more comments
(5 replies)
I've been forced to install Windows 10 on my brand new build because it doesn't support W7.
But Steam is also dropping W7 support by the end of this year anyway. Yes, there are native Linux games on Steam and there's also Proton and WINE, but it's not a 100% solution.
Why would it support a 14 year old OS whose final release was 12 years ago and mainstream support ended 8 years ago?
Well, I was hyped for Baldur's gate 3, and I may still end up getting it, but I'd have to upgrade too much hardware to play it, and there's really no other games that I'm interested in.
Musicbee is the main reason I'm still running 7 on that pc rather than some flavor of linux. If it ever gets a port, or actually starts working right via wine, bye bye windows for me.
MusicBee is excellent, but I gave up on it to switch to Linux. Also, I've started to fall in love with simple players which depend on folder structure rather than a database, although I suppose one might miss the customisation with MusicBee
I've tried every player on Linux. I can't even find one that properly displays lyrics embedded in the file. None that offer tagging searches at all, or album covers.
Music bee is much more than a player, it's a full music management tool in one program. It handles external device sync better than anything else I've found too.
The customization is just a nicety for me :)
windows 8 made me switch to linux
I recently upgraded windows 7 to mint
True story: I had been consistently telling my laptop not to upgrade to Windows 11 for literally months. I left it at home for like 3 days and when I came back it had upgraded itself anyway. That was the day I completely deleted Windows from my laptop. Formatted the entire hard drive and haven't regretted it yet. Never even logged into Windows 11.
Where Linux
all Linux memes communities have been like this
Linuxmemes: the ultimate hub for Windows memes.
Does win 11 still require physical hardware to run? Why I have to sacrifice one of my motherboard slots for a worthless authentication chip that might stop working and brick my computer - ya I'll stay with 10.
The TPM is either built into your CPU or plugs into a dedicated header on the motherboard.
It's built into my CPU but for some reason MS doesn't trust the Intel Core i7 chips.
Strange, I thought it was a standard header. Why I bought 10 instead of 11 when building my computer.
It's either the LPC header or it's soldered onto the board directly. LPC header doesn't have any other *official uses so it's not sacrificing functionality. Though I can understand why somebody wouldn't want to have a TPM module on their board. It's pretty easy to bypass that requirement in Windows (over and over) though.
You're not sacrificing a slot. TPM chips are typically either soldered onto the motherboard, built into the chipset, or (in the few instances that they are optional) go in a special port just fir them.
There are plenty of reasons not to move to W11 without making up new ones.
Technically it's an artificial requirement, it'll run just fine without secure boot and TPM, you'll just need to do some work around to install it that way.
TIL that you can be coerced into win 11 upgrade. I have immunity, tho! My PC is too shitware ;-;
It told me that too. Which was fine because like nobody asked? But then it did it anyway. Quietly in the night like the sneaky little hoe that it is. I'm still pretty salty. I thought I was safe 😔
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaa. But...if your machine is too weak to run it...isn't this simply damaging your machine at that point?! The hell?!
Yeah I dunno it's an older surface too lol. So it already wasn't super great. If I'm being honest I haven't noticed much of a difference other than having to move the start button because I'll be damned if I'm gonna have that thing in the middle of my screen like some kind of crazy person
You spelled downgrading wrong
Windows 11 sucks
windows 11 end of support
Oh, right. Microsoft is still at it with their "Windows" thing.
'Upgrading'.
I moved to Linux (Arch btw) and I haven’t looked back.
The lack of bloatware and the snappiness of Linux just beats any other OS.
Like Patrick Henry said: "Give me Arch or give me death!"
I had to upragde my computer because I couldn't upgrade to 11 lol.
4790 gang represent
view more: next ›