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Microsoft ends free upgrade from Windows 7 to 11 (mashable.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Microsoft ends free upgrade from Windows 7 to 11::undefined

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I wish I had the expertise to use Linux.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Is there like a set and forget thing for Linux?

    Like with windows and Mac, I just kinda boot up my laptop and then that’s it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Yeah, often on linux the setup process is even faster and easier than on windows, and there isn't much you have to do after that to get things to work. You just boot it up, log in, and then do whatever you want to.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If I'm honest a lot of what I learned about computers was as a result of switching to Linux. As a Windows user, breaking Windows is such a problem that you don't dare try to learn by doing. Linux is comparably easy to fix or restore.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The biggest problem with breaking windows is nobody really knows how to fix anything, it's just a shit load of random "did you try this?" Until you either find it's working again (after trying something that didn't work, then backing out that change, or it just randomly starts working again without really doing anything) or you learn to live with it.

    With Linux, if you can break it, you can be pretty sure someone somewhere has broken it the same way before, and analyzed the shit out of it including reading the source, and figured out how to fix it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I don’t see how that’s true. Windows is a more widely used Desktop OS, and Linux has way more variation in running software be it package managers, desktop experiences, etc. Even things like what version you started with may influence the version of a package you have. The odds of finding an identical setup is a lot lower.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm just speaking from experience - which of course is influenced by how much I am willing to pay for a solution, which is nothing. For the most part, people offering solutions for windows expect to be paid, while Linux gurus are more likely to do it for free

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If you lack the bare minimum of knowledge to install a new operating system, there are plenty Youtube tutorials around which take your hand step by step.

    Here is an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ua-d9OeUOg

    We get plenty of new users these days, primarily because of the gaming boom thanks to Valve. Don't be shy, it's easy if you've done it once

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    learning linux is a process, but it's way easier now than it used to be. It's more of an easy to learn hard to master situation today as compared to the old "heres a box of source, compile it and hope it works, lmao" in the days of yore.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    It really isn't that hard these days. Installation isnt harder than installing Windows and most Linux distros have a built-in store now to install apps from. Definitely takes a bit of a learning curve but it isn't as intimidating as it once was.

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