Microsoft's draconian Windows 11 restrictions will send an estimated 240 million PCs to the landfill when Windows 10 hits end of life in 2025

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Microsoft's draconian Windows 11 restrictions will send an estimated 240 million PCs to the landfill when Windows 10 hits end of life in 2025
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So 2025 will finally be the year of the Linux desktop?

It might be for me. Or at least sometime. When win10 support will be dropped or whatever I might eventually make Linux my main OS. ~Just a matter of time๐Ÿ˜…

if you wanna get familiar with linux you should try it on a virtual machine and since your a newbie your first distro should be linux mint as its ui is quite easy to understand or try it out on your own machine via a live usb

I have linux mint on a random hdd, but I almost never use it. I have to tinker a lot with it. Some day..๐Ÿ˜…

You should thinker with it like once a week its gonna help you out in understanding linux ;)

If Microsoft can't figure out how to unlock the taskbar in Win11 so over/under monitor layouts can work (taskbar being bottom/bottom top/top), it will be for me. Drive me up a wall that the whole point of Win11 was a better UI, and basic fucking customization is dropped. I didn't buy a Mac, don't try and tell me how I am supposed to set up my desktops.

The year of the four linux desktops, I hope! (I have 3, but two need to go to the landfill).