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Recall is not mandatory after all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBqIUkmVel8
Recall and the new file explorer share a dependency, except the file explorer doesn't mark it as a dependency, so when Recall is removed, it is removed as well. Good job, Microsoft.
Fucking incredible.
"That's just incredible"
Tim Cook
Because that's was a "bug"
Ahh the beautiful wonders of Agile software development.
PR trainwreck is strong with this one
I know that this is a Linux community, but this is a good version of Windows if you have to use it: https://massgrave.dev/windows_ltsc_links
Addendum to the comment: mass grave also hosts robust scripts for windows and office activation
Yeah moved to windows 10 IoT and its prob the best way to experience windows no ads no bloatware installed and support till 2032
Nobody thinks more about Windows than Linux users.
Mostly because Linux doesn't get in my way and I don't need to think about it.
Completely reasonably. Half of us are on here specifically to avoid Windows after all
Bro, buddy, compadre, 99% don't even know what an operating system is
Most issues stand, and fuck Windows generally, but honestly I don't quite understand the issue with dropping support for older versions of Windows. Linux distros also do this, so much software does this, it's just not practical or reasonable to manage all your versions of your software forever.
As others have mentioned, the primary issue here are the hardware requirements for Windows 11. The result are millions of PCs (I guess, definitely a lot though) that are fully functional from a technical point of view, but cannot run Windows 11 and should not run any other Windows due to the security implications of running unpatched software.
I don't think the issue is dropping support, but the ridiculous requirements to upgrade to Win11, plus the fact that more recent Windows have serious enshittification that means users don't want to upgrade in the first place.
The difference is that each Windows upgrade is objectively worse.
Also, even if it wasn't, a large number of the people who use Windows don't continue to do so because they really loved Windows, it's because they've always used Windows and don't want anything to ever change.
So each EoL kicks their asses off their ledge and they have to make the biggest fuss about it, because that is just what using a computer is for them.
It's just a mentality thing, and not something they'll readily put into words because it's clearly futile and churlish.
The difference is that the Linux distros won't force the user to upgrade with annoying popups or similar. The difference is that the newer versions of Linux distros won't have hardware requirements that will force the user to buy a new Pc altogether and contributing to e-waste.
Windows 10 has been out a long time. Good luck getting people to move. They are dead set in there ways.
It also doesn't help that Windows 11 has a terrible reputation
Most of my stuff works on Linux now, so, yay. Currently only thing holding me back from doing a full switch is essentially video editing.
My current go-to video editor is Vegas Pro, and it just works like an extension of me, for me. I've tried few editors on linux (kdenlive, davinci) but they're either very limited/odd/user-error-id10t or just doesn't support video formats I need (davinci, free version doesn't support h264 or hevc, and not feeling like shelling north of 300 USD for it). Next up on my testing plate is Shotcut, but haven't gotten around to it yet.
I've used Shotcut on PopOS.
Worked pretty well for doing something about as complex as a editing together a typical youtube video.
Hell I even managed to get it to support h.265 after some tinkering. h264 and hevc worked as well.
Also, in a similar vein... Krita is basically Photoshop from about a decade ago in terms of functionality, less outdated UI and more functional than GiMP, though its a bit chonkier (memory / CPU intensive).
Check out Blender. It's primarily a 3D modeling software like Maya or Houdini, but it has an incredibly powerful video editor built into it.
MiΒ’ro$oft is the best at advertising Linux
Sadly Linux lacks central administration possibilities wich is why winass is business standard.
and normies don't bother learn new OS : (
There isn't much to learn most need to open work programs and thats it, its mostly a problem with management and convincing the managers of a company to part ways with winass.
Managers are also the worst with computers. And they are the most likely to get viruses.
Recently at work I set up Windows to open spreadsheets and word documents in Libreoffice Calc and Writer instead of Excel and Word. Nobody seems to have noticed yet.
Either that or they don't know how to change back again.
Doesnβt RH, SuSE, et al have it, though?
Years ago a friend of mine used to run a cyber cafe on Linux, with fully automated remote management. Have we regressed that much from there?
Maybe they should try firing some more workers.