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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] 5 points 6 days ago

I’m one of the many. Hate where tech is headed, I remember hearing about Microsoft wanting to turn windows cloud based with a subscription. Hell no

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Or, like me, still on Windows 7, they could just no longer use Steam. Lots of games I can still play on this OS or in my browser. Maybe someday I'll go back to Linux, or maybe even React, just for the hell of it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

I just use Windows 10 v1809 ltsc, I'm good for a few more years.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Just get Linux and run a Virtual machine if you want to Game on PC

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

I use Linux for everything, including gaming, but I have a VM with win11 for when I need ads in my os.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

im one of them 😬

[–] [email protected] 168 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Gonna repeat something I said a little while ago.

If you're planning to try Linux but have no experience with it, the best piece of advice I was given is this. Learn how the filesystem is structured. It will make everything else you try to do easier.

You're also going to get a ton of conflicting advice on which distro to use. Pop OS or Mint are my suggestions. [email protected] is a good resource to know about too

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Thanks for this. I loathe the idea of being stuck on a platform that's hard to use and swarmed by too many angry idiots who only ever say that linux is perfect and everybody who doesn't think so is too dumb to read. Everything that makes linux approachable is a big win.

Gotta ditch Microsoft though. Ugh. Changing an OS is such a massive pain, regardless of how much of a requirement Microsoft Recall makes it.

Anyway, more stuff like this, everybody! Thank you again.

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[–] [email protected] 106 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

I like the optimism of Linux users thinking there will be a massive flood towards their favourite Linux distro.

When the obvious path the majority of gamers will take is just ... not upgrade anything and stay on an unsecure OS until their next major PC upgrade.

Most users don't care about security as long as it allows them to do with their computer what they want.

If Microsoft didn't push people to a new version, you know too many would still be rocking Windows 8.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 week ago (6 children)

You mean 7, right? Most people skipped 8, and that's why Microsoft made the update to 10 free.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Windows had to force updates because so many people just didn’t update

Anyone that is on 10 still isn’t going to go to Linux

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 week ago

fuck Windows, I am done with M$

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 week ago (25 children)

The only reason I'm still on windows 10 is because I'm dreading the weekend of head banging against table I'm going to have when I do the switch to Linux before October... Not looking forward to getting it all set up and working

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Make a dual boot system. You can continue to use win10 while getting comfortable with linux. If something breaks just reboot.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Once you get it all setup and proud of your work, make a fucking backup image, because a single update that changes an obscure library in some forgettable package that was part of your install will break everything and you will be pulling your hair out kludging a CLI script to unfuck some other binary that was unimportant, but now has affected another thing that was crucial for a graphics card or network adapter to function.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

i dont know what you are using but the general linux experience hasn't been like this in years. and even if there is a problem now and then a bit of googling generally is all it needs. the one thing you cannot get around is malware like kernel level anticheats. that's windows only.

having a backup is good advice no matter what system you use

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago

Maybe because Windows 11 sucks

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago (15 children)

Yeah well Windows 11 fucking sucks. What do they expect? Maybe if you have to do all kinds of shady shit to get people to accept the newest version of your shitty product you should take a good look at yourself and evaluate why that is.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (4 children)

M$ ended win7 support in January 14, 2020. Steam did not end win7 support until January 1 2024. M$ ending support for their OS does not mean Steam will do so anytime soon. Considering how small number of their users has updated, there's a good chance Steam will keep supporting win10 for many more years. By that time I know I will no longer be using Windows.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago (17 children)

MS can pry Windows 10 out of my cold, dead hands. I'll switch to Linux before Win11 and I don't particularly want to do that either.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago

Every single edition of Windows introduces new forms of bloat and new ways for MS to overreach and attempt to play corporate nanny over a user's system; why the fuck would anyone willingly upgrade Windows when they have the chance not to?