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

  • muttley123@mstdn.social
    0·
    5 months ago

    @niske @ajayiyer

    I have an old potato laptop with two SSDs, i dual boot between Win10 and OpenSuse.
    I have tried using Linux only but it’s not ideal for games, there is notable difference in FPS drop with directx games running on Linux (especially on old PCs like mine).

    So I use win10 for gaming and Linux for everything else (surfing web, movies, manage documents, small rpi projects).
    It’s a good compromise for me.

    • Aelis@beehaw.org
      3·
      5 months ago

      I’d say gaming on Linux can be great but it heavily depends on your hardware and what you play (also it’s getting better over time so with all that we’re on a constant «your mileage may vary» situation) .
      On old/potato machines though, yeah it has more chances to be less ideal than windows in most situations. (I am only talking from experiences with various computers, to be clear. I am sure it can be less or more optimistic for others.)