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Nearly half of Steam's users are still using Windows 10, with end of life fast approaching (www.pcguide.com)

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (26 children)

Thing is, there's people out there on windows 10 on a computer without the magic special chip windows 11 demands.

Lots of those people can't update and lots don't know about Linux or understand how to even use a USB drive to install it.

Yes it's easy for us semi tech people, but remember not everyone is into tech or understand how computers works.

People NEED computers to do stuff like applying for jobs, or searching online, or video games with friends.

Those people who don't have a tpm chip and can't upgrade will just not and continue using a insecure windows 10 because they don't know or understand what it is.

Remember Lemmy, just because you understand tech, doesn't mean everyone knows about it, or can grasp the concepts.

[–] dukeofdummies 18 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Like seriously, if there was ever a time to do a concerted push for linux, it's now. Start the campaigns, start the tutorials start the memes and the warnings and get the process down to under an hour. It won't be a weird thing, it will be the lord and savior allowing your PC to continue even when windows says it can't.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Sounds nice and I wish it was like that, but people who are not into tech won't get those messages and wouldn't care as for them it's "it's turning on, I don't need to do all that". Remember there's people out there that do not understand computers in the slightest, and it's just not there thing, have to much going on, or some other reason.

Plus Linux is far from "I just turn it on and it works" kinda person friendly.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

Sadly, it's the part of keeping it working for the periodic 5 minutes after that that is also a hurdle.

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