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Your Windows 10 PC will soon be 'junk' - users told to resist Microsoft deadline
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this post was submitted on 05 Nov 2023
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Linux runs on way more devices than Windows, what are you talking about?
Well not the ones I tried. Maybe I had bad luck.
Now this has me curious, what devices are those? Since transitioning to Linux I've installed it on a Mac, a surface pro 4, an old Lenovo laptop, an Asus laptop from 2014, my dedicated LAN desktop PC and my main desktop gaming PC, and none of those have had any issues.
It’s been like 15 years so I don’t remember but I remember one wouldn’t work due to a proprietary driver. The other I just couldn’t figure out so it may be user error but it certainly wasn’t easy to set up.
That's understandable then, a lot has happened and the installation process in most distros is extremely user friendly and automated these days.
I have been meaning to give it another go. You think it’s easier these days?
Imo it's been very easy. I recommend starting out by installing it on old hardware you don't care about anymore, or in a VM, just to get a feel for if it's something you feel is worth your time getting into, and if you want to keep using it, you can dual boot it along with windows. I particularly recommend PopOS as a great Linux distro to start out with, as it's a simpler and in most ways better fork of Ubuntu.
As it doesn't cost more than your time, and as long as tinkering with stuff like this is something you're at least somewhat interested in, I don't see any reason not to try it out again. But as with everything, there's no guarantee Linux is perfect for your use cases and you might be better off with windows, so don't feel bad for sticking with it if that's the case for whatever reason!
Probably something in the BIOS, like secure boot or something. Normally such issues are easy to troubleshoot.
Once was a proprietary driver. Obviously not the fault of Linux but still an obstacle for me. The other I forgot the issue. It may have been solvable but it was not easy for me.
Got you. Yes, drivers are still a mess sometimes.