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Valve's monthly survey reveals that almost 45% of Steam users on PC are still using Windows 10 even with the sword of Damocles hanging over them (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I mean, I tried for about a week...

Got a larger SSD and I wanted to reinstalled Windows, so I went through the whole getting Win11 thing, and it wouldn't let me install it. Although I have a full blown paid for Home Edition Win 10 linked to my microsoft account.

It said I had to install Win 10 first, so I did.. AFter all that, I went into windows update like is said, looked for the Win 11 update option... Doesn't exist...

My AMD 5800X and everything else on my PC supports Win 11. It's just not giving me the option.

So I gave up...

I'll likely use Win10 until SteamOS is released...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

They recently made changes so that you can't easily upgrade anymore. I think you still can if you find the right hoops to jump through but this exact issue came up recently

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (7 children)

I use Linux mint. Steam works great. The desktop works great. Like 5 min a month checking on updates and backups.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm one of them. My 6th generation processor means that Windows 10 will be the last version of windows that this machine runs.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

This, to me, is the worst sin of Windows 11. One of the greatest benefits Windows had compared to macOS was that it used to be backward compatible with really old hardware. Real pro move to get rid of that.

Edit: I bought a cheap micro form factor PC that I thought would support Windows 11 natively. Haha, no, the 6 year old CPU on that was not supported.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (8 children)

For the curious I’ve found bazzite to be the best and easiest Linux distro for gaming

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Installed Bazzite this weekend, most the games I've tested run fine and the OS is quite pretty. Microsoft forcing everyone to Spware OS after Steam released several versions or Proton are the one-two punch that will help tons of people move to Linux. 🐧

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

I would switch to Linux but I have yet to find a distro that recognizes my 5K monitor

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Yeah, but this happens with every version. Windows 7 still had a big market share up until MSFT cut off support. Users are going to bitch and complain and talk about switching to Linux, but eventually just install the next Windows version.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I'm a lifetime Windows user. I used to have to type run win3.exe on my first computer. I installed Linux mint on my new pc build a couple weeks ago and have been moving in and getting everything set up. Some people absolutely will make the change.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

Only one computer left on Windows in my household and only because of gaming. Everything else is on either Linux Mint or Bazzite as I finalize testing. Windows is dead to me.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Once EOL hits I'm switching to Linux.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If I was you I'd start now. Spend some time dual booting or using Linux on a side machine.There is a learning curve.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I recommend buying a separate drive instead of repartitioning your current one. You'll have more space, no nonsense with bootloaders (just switch the drive in UEFI), etc. Configure Linux to know about the Windows drive and then you can boot into either really easily.

When you're ready to ditch windows, just remove/reformat the other drive. I still keep windows around for the 1-2x/year that I want to test something out.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I went to 11 and have gone back to 10. The only thing it does is mine crypto coins (I need a heater in that room anyway - whatever). Everything else works better in Linux.

11 was fine until they repeatedly kept breaking their updates. Next time I have to reload that os on that drive it’ll be hiveos. It won’t be as convenient as the auto switchers like nicehash and their alternatives. But ya, windows sux these days.