Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoNot even the ghost of obsolescence can coerce users onto Windows 11www.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square371fedilinkarrow-up1677arrow-down131
arrow-up1646arrow-down1external-linkNot even the ghost of obsolescence can coerce users onto Windows 11www.theregister.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square371fedilink
minus-squareCryptic Fawn@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·edit-28 months agoMy pc isn’t compatible with Win11 (unsupported cpu) and since I’m poor, I’m not getting a new one anytime soon. Besides, Win10 is great.
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·8 months agoAnd when it’s end of life and open season for hackers, just switch to Linux
minus-squarezatanas@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·8 months agoI’d say switch now, if you’re going to switch eventually anyways, why wait?
minus-squarewhaleross@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoBecause no need to fix when it works good enough.
minus-squarezatanas@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoThis is a good point. I use windows for gaming and Linux as my daily driver.
minus-squareDraughtGlobe@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoIf someone has a Nvidia GPU, hopefully by that time Nvidia will actually support Wayland properly. And more work will have pushed to all the big distro’s for HDR and fractional scaling support. So it might be beneficial to wait those couple of years
minus-squareCryptic Fawn@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoI’m a gamer, so that isn’t a viable option for me. I know that it’s starting to get better thanks to the Steamdeck but it has a long way to go.
My pc isn’t compatible with Win11 (unsupported cpu) and since I’m poor, I’m not getting a new one anytime soon.
Besides, Win10 is great.
And when it’s end of life and open season for hackers, just switch to Linux
I’d say switch now, if you’re going to switch eventually anyways, why wait?
Because no need to fix when it works good enough.
This is a good point. I use windows for gaming and Linux as my daily driver.
If someone has a Nvidia GPU, hopefully by that time Nvidia will actually support Wayland properly. And more work will have pushed to all the big distro’s for HDR and fractional scaling support. So it might be beneficial to wait those couple of years
I’m a gamer, so that isn’t a viable option for me. I know that it’s starting to get better thanks to the Steamdeck but it has a long way to go.