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Gentle reminder to everyone that support for #windows10 ends in about 90 weeks. Many computers can't upgrade to Win 11 so here are your options:

  1. Continue on Win 10 but with higher security risks.
  2. Buy new and expensive hardware that supports Win11.
  3. Try a beginner friendly #Linux distro like #linuxmint. It only takes about two months to acclimate.

@nixCraft @linux @windowscentralbot

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[–] XEAL@lemm.ee 100 points 10 months ago (3 children)

How long until Steam drops support on W10?

That's the important event, lol

[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Probably around the time developers to start requiring W11. That TPM requirement is going to be abused to hell and back.

[–] SatyrSack@lemmy.one 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What incentive is there for a developer to abuse that?

[–] Atemu@lemmy.ml 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

All of them. You want to play your single player role playing game? Better have a hardware-attested system or else we can't verify you're not receiving that armor you need for the boss through anything but a microtransaction. It's just 4.99€!

[–] Ozy@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

A bleak future

Kernel-level anti-cheat drivers for games, mainly.

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago

I am using windows 10 on my tv pc so that's all I cae about.

[–] peterf@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

Well they only just dropped support for Win7 and that came out in 2009.