Microsoft's Windows 11 push backfired, so it's quietly keeping Windows 10 alive for another year
www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-extended-windows-10-another-year-for-free/
XDAMicrosoft's Windows 11 push backfired, so it's quietly keeping Windows 10 alive for another yearMicrosoft's Windows 11 rollout hit a snag, leading to an unexpected extension of Windows 10's lifespan
Replying to @sanitation@lemmy.today
They gatekeep windows 11 from older devices, what did they think would happen? I tried Linux on my thinkpad yoga, and the drivers are so shit i had to switch back to windows on it, and no, I’m not throwing away a perfectly good laptop!
Replying to @Michal@programming.dev
Out of curiosity, what Linux did you try on it? Relatively new and you tried Mint maybe?
Replying to @Reygle@lemmy.world
Fedora
Replying to @Michal@programming.dev
And is the laptop quite new I wonder?
Replying to @Reygle@lemmy.world
X1 yoga 3rd gen, so around 2018ish. The stylus and thunderbolt are broken. And the mouse lags. I already wasted a lot of time troubleshooting it. I’ll try again in a few years, maybe it’ll be fixed.
Replying to @Michal@programming.dev
Well I’ll be. Didn’t know the Yoga line had abnormal hardware for things like trackpads/etc, as Thinkpads in general are considered to be so good for Linux. If you should tinker in the future maybe try something with a much more modern kernel 7+ like CachyOS. Either way nice chatting have a good one.
Replying to @Reygle@lemmy.world
I ran mint on an hm110 with an old as balls nvidia and the only bug i had was tracking down the 330 drivers so i could shut the godddamn fan up. (And then had to compile a Kodi build from source yay thanks muppets)
Linux isn’t as transparent as windows when it comes to legacy drivers, it’s always been an issue
Replying to @Taleya@aussie.zone
Not to sell your experience short, that sucks, but that’s on Nvidia for being the worst company in the world for driver support.
Replying to @Reygle@lemmy.world
Yup, two prongs on the same fork.