French protestors says Windows 10's ESU will only leave users in the lurch, potentially rendering millions of PCs obsolete as they upgrade to Windows 11.

French activists staged a funeral for Windows 10 to protest Microsoft’s push toward Windows 11 and planned obsolescence.

  • pelya@lemmy.worldEnglish
    39·
    6 hours ago

    I grieved when I bought a used laptop with Windows pre-installed. I immediately performed a ritual of Debian purification.

    Windows, or any other corporate MICROS~1 product dying is a cause for celebration.

    • twinnie@feddit.ukEnglish
      5·
      9 hours ago

      I’m not quite sure how people use Debian on a desktop machine. Do you not fall asleep while you’re using it?

      • pelya@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        6 hours ago

        I’m not falling asleep, my laptop is falling asleep.

        The problem is that it never wakes up. The solution is to disable every low-power option in system settings, and pretend that my laptop is very critical server, because Debian is made for servers.

    • Noodle07@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      10 hours ago

      I had to install edge on my steam deck to be able to play 1 game. I cursed the machine spirit

      • badgermurphy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        5 hours ago

        I… but…

        Did the system requirements screen at least warn you that you need wholly unrelated 3rd party software for it? Its like if I was trying to load up QuickBooks and it was like “Please insert slice of aged cheddar into drive A: to proceed.”

        I realize its not a perfect analogy-- lots of people like aged cheddar.