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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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[–] yianiris@kafeneio.social 1 points 2 years ago

.. safest bet is get a 2nd clean ssd replace, install w11 then copy user data into new installation.

@ajayiyer @nixCraft @linux @windowscentralbot

[–] yianiris@kafeneio.social 1 points 2 years ago (9 children)

I would advise #linux over anything proprietary to begin with.

If you want to really go the w11 way it is not as restrictive as they make it sound, in fact in 90% of the cases it says it can't it can.

8GB of ram and GPT partitioning!

Many w10 were upgraded from w7-8-9 and retained the DOS/mbr and w10 would work with either part.table. Win-setup says it can't auto-upgrade but it can install if you delete the partitions and start with clean disk.

@ajayiyer @nixCraft @linux @windowscentralbot

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[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

I haven't been getting updates on 10 for about 5 years or so and I'm feeling fine to be honest.

[–] chepycou@rcsocial.net -2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

@ajayiyer @nixCraft @linux @windowscentralbot
I'd actually recommend https://wubuntu.org/ instead, because
1 — the interface is, of course, tailored for Windows users
2 — the distro is made in such a way that you can install like you would on windows (double-clicking an EXE installs it through compatibility layers)

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[–] Aatube@kbin.social -2 points 2 years ago

@ajayiyer that is, assuming they don’t release new Windows versions

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