2024 is the Year of Linux on the Desktop, at least for my boyfriend. He’s running Windows 7 right now, so I’ll be switching him to Ubuntu in a few days. Ubuntu was chosen because Proton is officially supported in Ubuntu.

    • SapphironZA@lemmings.world
      241·
      11 months ago

      I would support a law that requires software companies to open source software that they discontinue support on.

      That way, companies that disappear don’t have their customers at risk.

      And software companies will support software for longer.

      • Jumuta
        16·
        11 months ago

        I think the problem with this is that the corpos will just keep pushing out updates that barely change anything and call the device “supported”

        • SapphironZA@lemmings.world
          7·
          11 months ago

          There is sure to be some of that, but they will at least get the blame for when it goes poorly.

          They are obligated by many of their corporate and government clients to patch any security flaws and fix bugs.

          I would prefer that they don’t touch what is working and just focus on fixing bugs and security issues.

          This moving feature set and release of half finished software approach is why people have hated windows so much since the windows 8 days.

    • Kecessa
      91·
      11 months ago

      In this case they could have switched to Windows 10 years ago and even 11 is perfectly fine, especially if you install it in English UK so a lot of the cleanup work is done for you.

      • moonburster@lemmy.world
        1·
        11 months ago

        This only is true if you have a pc that supports it. In my case windows 10 was the end station for my workstation

        • Kecessa
          1·
          11 months ago

          And it’s still getting updates until 2025 (more if you want to pay) and Windows 11 can be installed on hardware without TPM 2.0 (witch will be more than 10 years old when Windows 10 stops getting updates)…

          At some point people have to accept that the world is moving forward and technology is continuously improving… At what point do you consider that your machine is old enough that it’s acceptable to retire it? Should I be able to install Windows 11 on my Pentium 150mhz?

          • moonburster@lemmy.world
            1·
            11 months ago

            Kek. I mainly use it for a little gaming. It has an i7 2600 and an rx6700xt. Works stellar for my usage, so if I can keep using it for the next 10 years I will.

            We should stop retiring hardware that still meets demands