The two great linux migrations.
The end of Windows 7
The end of Windows 10.
this post was submitted on 08 Nov 2025
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Windows: repeated acts of footgun
Linux: ...oooookay?
I'm deeply sleep deprived and rather embarrassed that I didn't equate "footgun" with "shooting oneself in the foot" until I looked it up.
I have a continuous urge to buy a lot of EOL laptops.. I must resist.
e x p a n d
Businesses love using mini-PCs. I'm keeping a lookout for expanding my server and a TV connected device for emulation, game streaming, etc.
I get a bunch from people that don't know what to do with them. I nuke the hard drive and then donate, these days. If I can't nuke it, I take the platters out and destroy those. Haven't come across with one with SSD yet, but it's only a matter of time.
Before, Ibused to try to install different versions of Linux and just fix whatever issue the laptop had. Coolest thing I did was replace the charging port on one.
Bloodcurdling screams emanates from the Windows users
"Hm? Did something happen?"
More incoherent screaming
"...Nah, sounds normal enough."
I hated Windows updates anyway, so they never panicked me and I didn't care much. I am on Linux now, but I had been leaning towards switching long before the EoL thing, but was putting it off.
Personally speaking, I have yet to encounter an operating system that didn't illicit bloodcurdling screams.
Windows 7 was the only OS I ever had that didnt make me want to rip my hair out for one reason or another.
From here, it sounds like someone trying to make a local user account.
This Linux Mint Cinnamon is fucking delicious!