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Farewell to Windows
2 months ago
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So, today is the last day Windows 10 will be supported by Microsoft. No more security updates.
This is the end of an era for me. I have been using Windows since it came in a bunch of floppies. I used Windows 3.1. I remember when 95 came around, it was really groundbreaking. Then 98, XP (my all-time favorite) I was a faithful user of Windows for a long time, but Microsoft kept getting worse and worse, not only in product quality but in general policies. I won't be installing Windows 11. It's an awful operating system.
I have been using Linux for a while, and I have been reducing my use of Windows as I find better Linux-based alternatives to all the software I used in Windows. There are still a couple of Windows programs I use, so I will keep them on a separate hard drive to run without an internet connection until I complete the transition.
I could go into the technical details of my reasons for abandoning the Windows platform, but this video here can explain it much better than I could. Give it a watch if you are interested, and give the guy a like if you agree with his reasons.
https://youtu.be/4PyxWPuIUyk?si=fqLGp4iKo1woN-ss
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This is the end of an era for me. I have been using Windows since it came in a bunch of floppies. I used Windows 3.1. I remember when 95 came around, it was really groundbreaking. Then 98, XP (my all-time favorite) I was a faithful user of Windows for a long time, but Microsoft kept getting worse and worse, not only in product quality but in general policies. I won't be installing Windows 11. It's an awful operating system.
I have been using Linux for a while, and I have been reducing my use of Windows as I find better Linux-based alternatives to all the software I used in Windows. There are still a couple of Windows programs I use, so I will keep them on a separate hard drive to run without an internet connection until I complete the transition.
I could go into the technical details of my reasons for abandoning the Windows platform, but this video here can explain it much better than I could. Give it a watch if you are interested, and give the guy a like if you agree with his reasons.
https://youtu.be/4PyxWPuIUyk?si=fqLGp4iKo1woN-ss
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well I still got a bunch of Win 95 CD-Rom games used them up to Win 7
a few do work on 10 but most don't
All the games I care about work, and dozens more are listed in my Steam library, so far so good. Bye bye Windows 11.
Windows 11 is great, works very well, but MS needs to understand it's not I-want-to-abandon-all-my-privacy-to-it good.
I'd be on Linux if there wasn't certain non-linux softwares I still need.
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But I'm worried about certain programs I use that I obtained through...not exactly kosher means, like Photoshop and FastStone Capture. Would I still be able to use those programs? I heard from someone who also uses Linux that there's something called Lutris that can be used as a workaround. It seems to be used for mostly gaming but according to them it can also be used for non-gaming stuff too?