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  • NTSync coming in Kernel 6.11 for better Wine/Proton game performance and porting.
  • Wine-Wayland last 4/5 parts left to be merged before end of 2024
  • Wayland HDR/Game color protocol will be finished before end of 2024
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  • More Wine development and more Games being ported
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  • Windows 10 coming to EOL
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  • .Net cross platform (in VSCode or Jetbrains Rider)

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[–] wahming@monyet.cc 102 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Most of the points listed here don't matter a hoot to the average user.

[–] Huschke@programming.dev 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

True.

The only thing the average consumer will even notice is the end of support for Windows 10. However, once the prompt to upgrade to Windows 11 appears, 99% will click "yes" and forget about it. They might be a little annoyed by the changes, but that will be all.

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 14 points 5 months ago

Nobody will notice end of support for Windows 10. Why would they? Nobody noticed end of support for Windows 7, either, and it's still up and running in many places where it really shouldn't.

End users don't give a crap about security updates and as long as users don't bump into a lack of third party driver they won't even notice a difference. And yeah, like every other time they will eventually update to the current version once more practical issues crop up. 10 to 11 isn't even close to the harshest upgrade path MS has deployed.

[–] pbjamm@beehaw.org 5 points 5 months ago

However, once the prompt to upgrade to Windows 11 appears, 99% will click “yes” and

be informed that their computer does not support Win11

and forget about it.

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