Windows 10 is close to being dead now, with support ending this year. So why not try out Linux? Instead of getting a whole new system and having to deal with the increasing amount of AI junk and adverts in Windows 11.
I think that’s because they don’t understand or don’t care about the risks. Annoyingly I was in the process of making my own version of this campaign when it launched but I was aiming to explain why someone should care that the os is no longer supported and why its a problem first, then suggesting what to do about it. Options weren’t exclusively Linux but I realise buying a new device isn’t always an option either so some people will absolutely keep using 10. It’s not about getting to 100%, just enough that you can make a difference or keep devices out of landfill.
Not immediately, but eventually… When the the thing stops working correctly (because/or it is infected with entirely new and exciting viruses), they will take it to someone to fix and get told they have to upgrade and it will be pitched entirely as “your computer is a worthless paperweight, please buy a new one”. A campaign like this is there to plant the seed so that when those people get told, they might remember that they have options.
In the absolute, you are wrong. Some will. Some have. I have migrated a few myself.
The end of support is a problem for Windows users and therefore an opportunity for Linux supporters.
Will a large fraction of Windows users migrate to Linux? Probably not. That said, more will move if we educate them and offer our assistance. Even a small migration of Windows users would be a significant increase in Linux Desktop users. If 5 percent of Windows users migrated, it would double the number of Linux users. So, moving even a small percentage of Windows users would be a major success.
The irony is that you migrated them, they did not do this themselves.
Tons of people do not have an “IT guy” in their family of friends who would do such a thing for them. And they don’t care enough to learn how to install any operating system, let alone one they don’t know anything about.
I need Linux users to understand that Windows folks don’t stop using an operating system just because the support ended
I think that’s because they don’t understand or don’t care about the risks. Annoyingly I was in the process of making my own version of this campaign when it launched but I was aiming to explain why someone should care that the os is no longer supported and why its a problem first, then suggesting what to do about it. Options weren’t exclusively Linux but I realise buying a new device isn’t always an option either so some people will absolutely keep using 10. It’s not about getting to 100%, just enough that you can make a difference or keep devices out of landfill.
Not immediately, but eventually… When the the thing stops working correctly (because/or it is infected with entirely new and exciting viruses), they will take it to someone to fix and get told they have to upgrade and it will be pitched entirely as “your computer is a worthless paperweight, please buy a new one”. A campaign like this is there to plant the seed so that when those people get told, they might remember that they have options.
You “need” that?
In the absolute, you are wrong. Some will. Some have. I have migrated a few myself.
The end of support is a problem for Windows users and therefore an opportunity for Linux supporters.
Will a large fraction of Windows users migrate to Linux? Probably not. That said, more will move if we educate them and offer our assistance. Even a small migration of Windows users would be a significant increase in Linux Desktop users. If 5 percent of Windows users migrated, it would double the number of Linux users. So, moving even a small percentage of Windows users would be a major success.
Why does that bother you?
The irony is that you migrated them, they did not do this themselves.
Tons of people do not have an “IT guy” in their family of friends who would do such a thing for them. And they don’t care enough to learn how to install any operating system, let alone one they don’t know anything about.
Removed by mod
Makes sense now.
Fuck this guy and fuck the mods.