I’m all for it.

  • pycorax@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Windows 10s death is going to force a lot of poorer folks to consider alternatives - and let’s be honest, it’s going to be Linux. The majority of hardware out there in the world can’t run 11, let alone a proposed 12.

    For the more technically strong people, I can see that happening but I very much doubt the general public would do that. They probably don’t even know what Linux is.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah less savvy people are going to do what they always do, just keep running their old system but now with even more vulnerabilities due to lack of security update availability.

      My dad recently asked me to help with his laptop, which turned out to be running windows xp.

      After a lot of hair pulliing I got it kind of working but am gonna give him an old windows 10 (upgraded from 7) laptop, but he’s probably going to be on that indefinitely.

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      1 year ago

      We know how this is going to end up: many people with obsolete Windows 10 machines full of malware. Botnets are going to live it.

    • HexesofVexes@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      You make a good point - it wouldn’t be a landslide since Linux does form a comparatively small share of the market. However, with the hardware gating, might we not see more companies shifting, which could at least boost public knowledge of Linux?

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        1 year ago

        The cost of switching over to Linux might be higher than simply getting newer hardware. Training people is pretty difficult lol