Linux, to windows

My revised Linux distro recommendations for newbies.

  1. Ultramarine Linux

  2. Fedora (KDE Spin)

  3. Manjaro Linux *

  4. MX Linux (KDE)

Suggested distros that are still newbie-ish friendly, but may require some basic skills, beyond "blissfully ignorance"

  1. EndeavourOS

  2. CachyOS

  3. Regata OS

  4. Alpine Linux *+

  • Recommend for systems 15 years or older with 4 GB of Ram or less.
  • If you are OK with a setup that will ask you simple yes/no questions, but in a terminal screen (still friendly and easy).

#Windows #Windows11 #Windows10 #Canonical #Ubuntu #Linux

thurrott, to random
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adacosta,
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@thurrott Its what we have deployed on all PC's at work, but never thought too much of it. I remember back in like 2007, to get access to Enterprise was seen as some holy grail. I have a bunch of saved #MSDN keys which includes a lot of #Windows10 Enterprise keys. I should upgrade Pro installs to it just for fun.

callum_snowden, to windows
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Anyone have recommendations for a good Windows 10 debloating tool? Setting up a new workstation and don't want all the crap on there. #windows #windows10 #it

igrekkess, to windows French
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Windows 10 en build 1809 me fait souvent des pétages de câble avec la sur-icône de la flèche de raccourci.
Là, il vient d'Avatariser tous mes raccourcis...
#Windows #Windows10 #AvatarTheGame #Avatarisation

Avatar The Game avec sa propre icône comme flèche de raccourci

chikorita157, to random
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If you want to stay on Windows 10 after 2025, it’s going to cost a lot $61 per PC :leafeonmoney:

Windows 11 isn’t that great, but forced to use it. Thankfully, I use Mac as my main OS as using Windows is painful enough.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/post-2025-windows-10-updates-for-businesses-start-at-61-per-pc-go-up-from-there/

#windows10

br00t4c, to microsoft
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Microsoft reveals how much businesses will have to pay to keep using Windows 10 securely

#microsoft #windows10

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/3/24120093/microsoft-windows-10-extended-security-updates-price

br00t4c, to random
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Still Using Windows 10? Microsoft Will Charge Hundreds for Security Updates

#time #windows10

https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-will-charge-you-windows-10-security-updates-1851385358

ProfessorCode, to linux
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@itsfoss just published an article for April Fools' Day.

https://news.itsfoss.com/microsoft-ubuntu/

It's really one of the better April Fools' pranks I've ever come across. It's grounded and almost believable that it actually had me there for a minute! 😂

Good one, guys!

#AprilFools #AprilFoolsDay #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #Microsoft #Windows10

thurrott, to random
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adacosta,
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@thurrott After all, it's not wise to jump out of a perfectly working airplane 😂 I use at work, but some of the computers are starting to get the upgrade to . To be honest though, I don't see any night and day benefits. Its not like a going from FAT32 to NTFS, or a true 32 bit operating system with memory management, pre-emptive multi-tasking.

darkcisum, to windows
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Ever wanted to use SSH to setup a Windows machine? Starting with Windows 10 it's actually fairly easy to enable.
I wrote down the steps I've used: https://duerrenberger.dev/blog/2024/03/12/using-openssh-server-on-windows/

#ssh #openssh #windows #windows10 #windows11 #ansible

mikehalsey, to Windows11

I've finished writing the Second Edition of my new book "IT Support Handbook" for
Apress, keep an eye on booksellers as it will on sale in a few months! 😀😁 #ITSupport #Windows10 #Windows11 #CloudComputing #AI #MVPBuzz

jilleduffy, to random
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Don't trash or trade-in a perfectly good PC just because Windows 10 won't be supported much longer. You have 5 ways to continue using it, with some of those options being much better than others!

https://www.pcmag.com/explainers/keep-windows-10-pc-alive

tleekeene,
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mima, to microsoft

But tbh I think people really blasted #Windows8 harsher than it deserved to be, looking back. It made perfect sense for #tablets. Just not so for desktop and non-touch laptops. Perhaps if #Microsoft just branded it like "Windows Tablet" instead of marketing it as a successor to Windows 7 people would've been more forgiving and we wouldn't get the mess that is #Windows11 which I still don't understand what it's supposed to be and just seems to be designed out of spite. At least #Windows10 had the purpose of being a subscription-based OS in mind, well until they announced 11 that is...

I know the #fediverse here hates #Windows and MS (and I do too) but I kinda wish their eventual downfall was a little more dignified than this. Where #Linux finally wins desktop out of merit, not because its competitor shitted itself... ​:sagume_think:​

RE: https://akkoma.meows.gay/objects/1c27c934-5740-44f4-8d8a-8ed249a909cd

edintone, to linux

Wondering what to do when #Windows10 ends support? You don't need a new PC. Try Linux Mint. You can even start on a USB stick (8GB minimum). There's a how-to here https://itsfoss.com/linux-mint-live-usb/ When you are happy you can install it on your current PC. #linux #linuxmint #windows11

edintone,

Linux Mint - which flavour to choose? Cinnamon vs MATE vs Xfce. Simple, if your coming from Windows 10 Cinnamon will look and feel familiar. If you have an older pc or are short on RAM go for the Xfce version. #LinuxMint #Linux #Windows10 #windows11

amberage, to random
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Well, that's Win10 set up, and hopefully opted out of all the surveillance crap I can opt out of.

Pretty dystopian that Windows tells me during the installation that I will see ads on Windows, huh?

And "leave everything to us" while the setup finishes? Also dystopian.

amberage,
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Jesus christ, 30 GB just to get the shittiest OS in the world.

This new laptop outclasses my old one drastically – about five years newer, better CPU, more RAM, an SSD instead of HDD, etc. etc. – but Windows 10 just feels sluggish as fuck.

#Windows10

coneno, to Flutter

QuikFlow is now available for Windows 🚀🪟

Create flowcharts with a mind mapping workflow!

Available on the Microsoft Store and the Mac App Store:

https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9mwmkls09tgz

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/quikflow/id1626354390

#mindmapping #flowchart #flutter #flutterdev #windows #windows10 #windows11 #mac #macos #quikflow

sebsauvage, to random French
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abies77,
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@sebsauvage
C'est ce genre de détails qui m'ont aidé à passer le cap vers après .

Après l'interface pourrie de , un poil améliorée en version 8.1, celle de aurait pourtant pu me convenir.

Mais voir Angry Birds (notamment) installé par défaut m'a fait penser que Microsoft s'engageait dans un chemin complètement à l'ouest.

Et beaucoup d'autres choses ont fini de me convaincre du grand n'importe quoi à venir : partiellement désactivable (mais pas complètement) et réactivée lors d'updates, arrivée des publicités, fin du compte local, toussa toussa...

jikodesu, to Cybersecurity
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52% of Serious Vulnerabilities We Find are Related to Windows 10

"The high average numbers of 'Critical' and 'High' findings are largely influenced by assets running Microsoft Windows or Microsoft Windows Server operating systems."

Does this mean we should upgrade all our Windows 10 laptops to Windows 11?

https://thehackernews.com/2024/01/52-of-serious-vulnerabilities-we-find.html

itnewsbot, to ArtificialIntelligence

NVIDIA unveils ‘Chat with RTX,’ a personal AI chatbot for Windows - Nvidia on Tuesday announced a generative AI (genAI) chatbot that can run on Windows PC... - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3712921/nvidia-unveils-chat-with-rtx-a-personal-ai-chatbot-for-windows.html#tk.rss_all #artificialintelligence #generativeai #windows10 #windows11 #chatbots

ottawasteph, to cs

#Computer #Geeks:
Just bought a new computer and am switching from my older one. I've been a user since Win 3.1.
Can anyone point me to the best helper to get everything right from the get-go. Both PCs are #Windows10 Pro.

RareBird_15, to tech

Got a #PixelTablet this week. I have a lot of #tech, but most of it won’t work together. Lol now I have a computer running #Microsoft #Windows10, an #Apple #iPhone 13 Mini on #iOS 17.4 beta, my #Google Pixel Tablet running #Android 14, an #AppleWatch on #WatchOS 10.4 Beta, and an #Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max and #EchoDot. I’m all over the place! Most of my stuff is in different ecosystems. Is anyone else out there like this? Lol sometimes I want things to work together, like being able to set do not disturb on one and have it go across all of them, but with all of them being in different ecosystems, I don’t think that's possible.
#technology

kir4ik52, to windows Russian


Как тебе такое Microsoft :blobfoxnerd:
В ответ на появление sudo в Windows разработчики сообщества свободного ПО решили перенести Word в OpenBSD.
На этот шаг ментейнеры проекта и последователи Тео де Раадта пошли из-за претензий по поводу попытки Microsoft сделать свою версию sudo для Windows 11 без предварительного согласования своих действий с разработчиками оригинальной утилиты.

Как отмечает Тео де Раадт (создатель OpenBSD):

Cделать это нужно также, как и в Microsoft:

  1. Не обращать внимания на путаницу в именах.

  2. Не заботиться о совместимом поведении.

  3. Не заботиться о товарных знаках или де-факто товарных знаках.

  4. Не спрашивать первоначальные продуктовые команды, все ли в порядке.

https://t.me/black_triangle_tg/4739

itnewsbot, to Windows11

Apple improves iCloud for Windows, kills iTunes - If you use Windows for work and an iPhone for everything else, you should know that Ap... - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3712880/apple-improves-icloud-for-windows-kills-itunes.html#tk.rss_all

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