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I have a gaming pal thats not super techy, and kind of lazy, so they're still on 10.

I really doubt he will ever change to Linux (he complains if we have to play any game not in the steam library, he is not a tinkerer) but I wonder how much I need to remind him to change to either win 10 iot or maybe try Linux? Is it even a concern?

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[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Ideally yeah to be on a secure OS after this October, which is when the Win10 ESU concludes.

There are ways to minimise the annoyances of win11 if they're still apprehensive but you shouldn't let them use anything that isn't receiving regular security updates, even if it's just for a gaming system.

[–] Pricklesthemagicfish@reddthat.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No to microslop winblows 11 spyware.

[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean I would personally agree but I also feel for the skittish. They might also play games that don't run at all on Linux, even even hw accelerated (gfx passthrough) VMs.

[–] Pricklesthemagicfish@reddthat.com 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Im willing to travel to their homes ans beat them with a cat o nine tails if they fail the install or are tempted to play games with bad morals.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Careful. You might find a bunch of linux users pretending to be windows xp users if you're just offering up free dom services.

Then im giving back to the comunity.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ohhh noooo
I need helppp 👀

The install failed so im reverting to playing LoL and BMing 👀👀👀

No furry costumes that will punish you. Lol