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Microsoft tells Windows 10 users to just trade in their PC for a newer one, because how hard can it be?
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Just in case anyone reading doenst know - the free tool Rufus can write a Win 11 ISO to your usb drive md remove all the silly soft requirements.
Or better yet, windows 10 LTSC. Which will be supported for another 2 years. 4 if you subsequently switch the product key to the IOT LTSC version.
The hurdles windows users are willing to put up with is nothing less than amazing. That's not a good thing.
Or look at it the other way: they hate Linux so much they'd rather deal with that than deal with Linux.
I would love to learn and deal with Linux, unfortunately the software I need for work only supports Mac or Win
It's possible you can run it through wine, might be worth a try
Much business oriented software just hasn't had the work done on it to work on Wine. Really the only reason I have to run Windows now is the 3D CAD software I use and my best option at this point is running it in a Windows VM on my server. And no Freecad and Fusion360 aren't suitable options, they both suck.
Ouch that's unfortunate. At least keep your old hardware for personal use Linux when you get new work PC. Get your feet wet with the ecosystems
Oh, I already have Linux on my laptop. It's my desktop that still has some blockers preventing a full Linux transition.
Primarily the Pimax headset. Once I get a suitable replacement, I'll actually be able to start testing and transferring stuff.