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ESET in Germany recommends installing Linux as alternative for older HW running Windows not supported by Windows 11 (www.neowin.net)
submitted 1 year ago by user224@lemmy.sdf.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Original article: https://www.eset.com/de/about/presse/pressemitteilungen/pressemitteilungen/security-fiasko-32-millionen-computer-in-deutschland-laufen-noch-mit-windows-10/

ESET recommends switching to Windows 11 as quickly as possible. Alternatively, a Linux distribution can also be a good option, especially for older hardware.

66.12% of Windows PCs are still on Windows 10 in Germany, 62.73% worldwide.
https://gs.statcounter.com/os-version-market-share/windows/desktop/worldwide

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[โ€“] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 33 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Microsoft's approach to their OS seems to be, "constantly add more stuff that relatively few people want or need, and require everyone to buy new hardware to support it." The resulting upgrade cycle is needlessly wasteful of people's money and harmful to the environment.

Meanwhile, the Linux ecosystem is more like, "make new stuff available, but optional, and constantly optimize things to be more efficient."

I was still gaming and developing software on a ten-year-old computer (with a somewhat newer GPU) until very recently. I'll let you guess which OS I was using.

[โ€“] 0x0@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Heck i only upgraded my 10yo 'puter 'cos of mobo issues... that turned out to be a PEBKAC anyway (mostly). I don't game though.

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