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The new 24H2 update for Microsoft's latest operating system [11] is leaving 8.63GB of space unavailable and there isn't a way to fix it yet. (www.pcgamesn.com)
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[–] Romkslrqusz@lemm.ee 39 points 5 months ago

With Windows 10 support ending in a matter of days, that leaves the latest Microsoft OS as the only real option for gamers right now

Windows 10 support ends in 2025. Linux is a very real option for the majority of games.

Given the idiocy in this article, I wouldn’t be surprised if it didn’t occur to them to delete Windows.old from an external software environment. Ultimately, that’s something you want to keep around for a while because it’s what lets you roll back the upgrade if there turns out to out to be problems.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wow. That's crazy.

* posted from my Windows-free PC *

[–] Banichan@dormi.zone 14 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Thanks for adding absolutely nothing to the conversation

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Just install Linux and stop stalling. :)

[–] Banichan@dormi.zone 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm not installing that cringe

[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Which cringe? Because...like.... there's a whooooole lot of different flavours.

Apartheid Linux

Ubuntu Christian Edition

Hannah Montana Linux

Biebian(Justin Bieber themed Debian)

I mean...I could go on, but you're obviously a troll so I'll stop here....

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I didn't know Israel had their own Linux distribution

[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

Well, knowing is half the battle or something....👍

[–] Gingernate@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago

North Korea does!

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sorry. I just got so, so fed up with Microsoft's bull shit recently that I just went ahead and got rid of it.

I've been dreaming about this possibility for 20 years now and it's finally doable.

They had something really good with Windows 10 but over time they made it worse and worse. Adding "features" nobody wants each update like Copilot and advertisements.

Also Windows 10 was supposed to be a rolling release and the last Windows we'd ever install. Then Windows 11 came out and it's the worst Windows OS they have ever made in my opinion, and that's including Win ME.

My comment, even if it didn't bring anything to the conversation, I think reflects that a lot of technical users on here have started doing. Migrating to Linux and laughing at the problems that Microsoft keeps creating for their users.

[–] Banichan@dormi.zone 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Microsoft never did anything to me, I don't know what you bitches are whining about

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You have the right to your opinion.

But there's no need to go around insulting people.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Mate, look at the username. Their whole existence on Lemmy is solely to be a troll spreading hate. Insulting people through a layer of anonymity gets his dick hard.

[–] M600@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

I think it adds something important to the headline makes it seem like every windows pc has the issue. This user is letting us know they don’t have the problem.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The second that VR support becomes passable on Linux I can dump my last Windows install. It's amazing how such a terrible product still has a chokehold on the PC market pretty much out of momentum alone.

[–] RiQuY@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Take a look at this: https://lvra.gitlab.io/

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

I'll have to try again, the last time I tried was close to the Index Launch.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 14 points 5 months ago

Nah, the Windows folder is larger than that. There's an easy way to reclaim all that wasted space.

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 12 points 5 months ago

Atleast, you get Recall, only the most invasive piece of spyware.

[–] shinratdr@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Isn’t this always the case? I get people have a hate-on for Windows 11 lately but every major version of Windows 10 has kept the old version for a month or so, allowing you to revert if needed. You can run disk cleanup and get the space back early if you want.

I guess the notable part here is that the disk cleanup part isn’t working? You can also just wait for the time to elapse and it will delete itself.

[–] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago

I'm glad I haven't updated.

I'm sad I haven't had the wherewithal to transition to the Linux yet.

[–] HarmlessCake@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Every time I read something new about the new Windows. I'm really glad I've switched to Linux and figured how to set up, use and debug it already. With this knowledge I never want to go back. Even PC Gaming is no problem anymore with Proton, Lutris etc. The only thing I needed to watch out for was to get an AMD graphics card (NVIDIA is slowly getting there too hopefully), but I needed a new PC anyway so it was the perfect time