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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: (mastodon.social)
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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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[–] diykeyboards@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Seriously considering the switch. I already have basic familiarity because of work with raspi.

In the past, it's been support for adobe suite that has stopped me. My livelihood depends on it. Afaik theres still no native version. Can it run on wine? If so, is there a performance hit?

[–] the_q@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

Older versions of some Adobe software will run, but generally no.

[–] ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

You can have both. I hear dual booting has gotten a lot safer lately, but I prefer to keep windows contained in a virtual machine, which has the added benefit of snapshots for when windows update eventually does something I didn't approve. Maintaining windows is so much less stressful when it's not running on bare metal.

If you're very worried about performance, then you probably will need new hardware by the time you need to make this decision anyway. I've never actually purchased windows directly; I just find an upgrade that bundles an OEM key if I need a new Windows.

[–] Atemu@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

Some Adobe stuff runs in a web browser nowadays through WASM but if you've submitted to Adobe, Linux likely won't be a possibility.