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Windows 10 End Of Life - Your Story (lemdro.id)
submitted 1 month ago by cm0002@lemdro.id to c/linux@programming.dev
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As the Windows 10 EOL date is close I was wondering what fellow Linux users thoughts about it are.

Are you helping open minded people making the switch to Linux? If yes, which distro are you using? Are you using resources like endof10.org?

Or are you using the the opportunity to get your hands on some cheap hardware for your homelab? Are you keeping an eye on special websites or just ebay (or your local equivalent)? Are you talking with local companies to get the hardware directly from them?

Or are you just observing and enjoy your peace of mind because you switched already to Linux before?

Whatever it is, we are very interested to hear your stories concering this interesting time.

OQB @theorangeninja@sopuli.xyz

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[–] oyenyaaow@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

got mint xfce, because that's what i used before win10, and that's what i use on and off usually ever since then. i think it's gnome that made me change to xfce and it was clunky back then on ubuntu, though i can't remember my actual beef with it, so i changed to mint and never changed to anything else.

i use handwriting input on windows and have bullied the pattern recognition into learning my handwriting almost perfectly - that's the only thing i miss. i miss it a lot....

expecting at some point my mom will give up and ask for linux on her windows 10 laptop since her grandkids use 'free online games' websites (she doesn't do any banking or serious stuff on it, so i'm not that bothered) and it will get devoured by malware but even odds it will be me or my brother.