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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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[–] FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

I expect a jump in Linux users, which is of course great news. Albeit in time I expect even more Tech companies to get into the space too, which is not optimal. As I expect them to corrupt a lot of open source projects.

[–] beta_tester@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[–] Menteros@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

CLickbait bullshit and everyone that upvoted is responsible. This is stupid, you can do better.

[–] utubas@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That is so misleading, when you can just disable the TPM 2.0 requirements with a single click in Rufus

[–] smpl@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago

That's a great tip.

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago

Sysadmin noises

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago
[–] brakenium@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Last I checked windows 11 can be installed without TPM support. I think rufus even has a simple checkbox for it and Chris Titus's winutil can modify an ISO to do the sams

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[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

Given the break-neck pace of development, I am sure the ReactOS folks will be ready.

https://reactos.org/

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