More Linux Users Very Soon.
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Brickwizard
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Will it increase the uptake of people using Linux, It may but I don't think it will make a huge difference, its a matter of attitude,
1] I want newer bigger faster!
2] If its free, It cant be any good [nobody gives away anything that works]!
3] What is Linux, I have never heard of it!
4] Linux oh that's just for Geeks and Hackers!
1] I want newer bigger faster!
2] If its free, It cant be any good [nobody gives away anything that works]!
3] What is Linux, I have never heard of it!
4] Linux oh that's just for Geeks and Hackers!
truckerDave
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Some will suffer as long as possible with their Win10 machines. But, I see the majority of people stuck in their ways just running out and buying a new PC. I don't get it. But the "I have to have the latest and greatest" mentality has all but taken over our society.
Which, should flood the market with a lot of good cheap hardware to turn into Linux machines
Which, should flood the market with a lot of good cheap hardware to turn into Linux machines
The guy said 8th Gen CPUs 2017 or older...m$ up to the usual tricks...anyway doesn't affect us.
LTT places the date about a decade earlier.
Not that I don't want more Linux users, it just never really happens when MSFT does something new. We have had some growth lately, which is nice. Some reports are up to 4%. Though those numbers included the holidays, which is when we typically have a spike as people have free time and experiment. Dunno how many of them will stick around.
Don't judge me, but I still keep one Windows tower around... Windows 7 Professional, 32 bit. I put a new power supply in it six or seven years ago.
Multiple former "Windows 10" machines currently running Linux.
Multiple former "Windows 10" machines currently running Linux.
Sherri is a Cat
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A lot of people are too intimidated to try out Linux because...
Not a hacker, but I am proud to be a geek!
Sherri is a Cat
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If they still supported Win 7, I might not ever have switched to Linux.Don't judge me, but I still keep one Windows tower around... Windows 7 Professional, 32 bit. I put a new power supply in it six or seven years ago.
Multiple former "Windows 10" machines currently running Linux.
Sherri is a Cat
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What will most likely happen is all those people griping will accept the force feeding and buy a new computer.
Put a Win 7 computer online is cyber suicide.
I have a Linux machine running 3 Windows VM.
A Canon scanner 5600F made me do it (well, excuse to go to the dark side).
It's not overly expensive but I feel more guilty throwing it away. Yes, it still run under XP.
I suppose it was silly of me to think windoze users would want freedom and not to be told what to do.
There are those who regardless of how much crap is put on them...they are too scared to try something new and so much better...such a shame.
There are those who regardless of how much crap is put on them...they are too scared to try something new and so much better...such a shame.
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Sherri is a Cat
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Yes, that's what I keep hearing. Plus, it was a lot of work to get it installed again. And then there were the drivers...
I never finished it. I kept putting up with the Giant until I couldn't anymore.
There's a way to get around the hardware checks.
www.tomshardware.com
How to Bypass Windows 11's TPM, CPU and RAM Requirements
Use simple utilities to install Windows 11 on any PC.
www.tomshardware.com
Seems like for this you can't bypass it.
Existing workarounds fail with new Windows 11 requirement that invalidates older CPUs — Microsoft's PopCnt restriction appears to be unbreakable
Sorry, you can no longer run Windows 11 on your Core 2 Duo
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While many Windows users will simply buy a newer machine and stick to windows, A few my seek other OS's but most will not. They will give us many cheap used machine that will run well for years on Linux though. So keep your eyes open in the next few years for good stuff. Maybe even free
vs2-free-users
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Redheat and his clones does this tooI didn't think I'd see the day when a windoze guy suggests people switch to Linux.
There are so many reasons why Linux is so much better...the above is one of the best...Linux Forever.
. Since redheat 9 .
Redhat's customers are mainly big companies, the average company doesn't use hardware that is 15+ years old and if they do it will be running some old application that doesn't get anymore updates an it will be in an isolated network with no internet access and limited network access.Redheat and his clones does this too
vs2-free-users
Active Member
Yes you are right but, some normal users use the clones for example rockylinux. Because you have a long support time and a stable system. One of the great advantages of Linux was that it also runs well on old hardware. Unfortunately, this is currently changing, which I regret.
