• paraphrand@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    How long has windows 11 been out? Edit: Since October 2021.

    Why do I use a “health” check to see if I can upgrade? (My PC can’t be upgraded, so I guess it’s unhealthy?)

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      8 months ago

      I guess your options are:

      • Do hacky workarounds to install Win11. If you make an install disc with Rufus there’s a checkbox to do this automatically. There’s no guarantee MS won’t bork your install at some point due to this, but so far it’s worked well for people.

      • Install Linux.

      • Stay on Win10 and lose software support from MS and your installed programs. This is risky, and the longer you do it the more risky it’ll get.

      • Send your PC to the landfill and buy a new one.

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          8 months ago

          Totally agree, especially for those who know what they’re into.

          For those who doesn’t, I recommend Mint!

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            8 months ago

            Seconded. Everyone who is not recommending Mint to new users is doing them and the community a disservice imo.

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              8 months ago

              Thanks, I’ll be looking into it now. I really don’t want Windows anymore, but Linux has always sounded overwhelming to me.

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                8 months ago

                Linux mint is not bad. Fedora is another good option. The overwhelming part is honesty the amount if options. But I would just pick a distro and install it, and you’ll have no issues with mint!

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      8 months ago

      And yet, whenever I see it, w11 feels like beta software to me. There’s apparently stuff being added and removed all the time. Broken updates every now and again…

      I haven’t used Windows much for ages even though I tried to follow a little what was going on on that front, but it never felt that way with the previous versions.