Microsoft is being sued by a man who feels cheated by the current plans to sunset Windows 10. He makes some good points, but I doubt he’ll win.

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      23 days ago

      May you run into a nerd with a Ventoy USB full of beginner-friendly distros in their back pocket to help you along your journey.

      There are at least two of us out there, I’m sure of it.

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      23 days ago

      Do it.

      If you have an old laptop, put Linux on it, get comfortable using it. Then when you are ready, make the full switch on your main computer.

      I have used Linux for a few years mostly on my servers, but that’s what I did to get used to the desktop experience. I setup a second SSD to have the option of dual booting if I needed it. That was back in March and I haven’t booted into Windows once.

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      23 days ago

      I’m the same, I’ve got a perfectly good desktop machine that isn’t Win11 compatible, as well as a Windows 11 laptop.

      Most of what I do on the desktop is browser based, and I have the laptop in case I brick the desktop, so nothing to lose by trying.

      Ironically, if I’d been able to upgrade to 11, there’s no way I’d bother with any of this.

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        23 days ago

        You can upgrade to 11, nothibgs stopping you.

        But it is far smarter to quit with the abusive, and spying, environment.

        Linux is easy and works.