PIRG believes Microsoft still isn't doing enough to help those stuck on Windows 10
  • Microsoft recently threw a lifeline to consumers, offering alternatives to paying $30 for extended support for Windows 10
  • Public Interest Research Group thinks this doesn’t go far enough in terms of avoiding an impending e-waste calamity
  • The organization suggests Microsoft considers providing longer-term support for Windows 10, or relaxes the spec requirements for Windows 11
  • Zephorah@discuss.online
    8·
    1 month ago

    Linux.

    That said, it’s not for everyone. I don’t want to be tech support for relatives who can’t figure out how to use AirPods or how not download more bloatware during the course of general home computer use.

    Needing one patch for one thing would mean a new computer because “nothing works” for at least one relative.

    • Pika@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      7·
      1 month ago

      this right here is ultimately why I haven’t moved my relatives to Mint. It usually works but, about time it doesn’t I don’t want to have to explain to someone who doesn’t know what a browser is, how to run commands on the terminal or how to find an error log.

      • FizzyOrange@programming.dev
        5·
        1 month ago

        Yeah there’s a huge difference between “works 98% of the time” and “works 99.8%” of the time, even though they are both “works most of the time”.

        • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
          4·
          1 month ago

          i will however point out that the 0.2% of the time that windows doesn’t work has in my experience been it refusing to use the perfectly functional ethernet connection with absolutely no way to interrogate what it thinks is wrong, then i plug the same cable into a linux laptop and it works perfectly fine

          • hitmyspot@aussie.zone
            1·
            1 month ago

            Haha, yes, with windows, you don’t correct the errant setting, you reset the network settings and try again.

    • StitchInTime@piefed.socialEnglish
      3·
      1 month ago

      I’ve been considering putting a parent on Fedora Kinoite. Less to break, and they understand the App Store concept so just using flatpacks isn’t far fetched for them.

      (edit: parent, not patent. Curse you autocorrect!)