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The end of Windows 10 is approaching, so it's time to consider Linux and LibreOffice (blog.documentfoundation.org)

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The countdown has begun. On 14 October 2025, Microsoft will end support for Windows 10. This will leave millions of users and organisations with a difficult choice: should they upgrade to Windows 11, or completely rethink their work environment?

The good news? You don’t have to follow Microsoft’s upgrade path. There is a better option that puts control back in the hands of users, institutions, and public bodies: Linux and LibreOffice. Together, these two programmes offer a powerful, privacy-friendly and future-proof alternative to the Windows + Microsoft 365 ecosystem.

The move to Windows 11 isn’t just about security updates. It increases dependence on Microsoft through aggressive cloud integration, forcing users to adopt Microsoft accounts and services. It also leads to higher costs due to subscription and licensing models, and reduces control over how your computer works and how your data is managed. Furthermore, new hardware requirements will render millions of perfectly good PCs obsolete.

This is a turning point. It is not just a milestone in a product’s life cycle. It is a crossroads.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (8 children)

I'm thinking about switching. A couple of weekends ago I had Mint on a flashdrive and tried out a bit.

I'm worried about compatibility with games as I'm a Steam user and whatever launcher that game requires sometimes.

Should I just do it? Just do a brand new install but on Linux? Which distro should I use that would be good for gaming?

Other than gaming, everything else I do is just everyday browsing on reddit/lemmy, YouTube, email, etc.

edit: so I was finally able to get Mint installed on another drive. I had a hard time with Bazzite as it would get an error after validation using balenaEtcher, where it would say the flash drive is read only and unable to be formatted. Tried multiple times, then went out and got a new flash drive and the same thing happened. Finally I just used Mint, where it also got the same error after validation, but I was able to access the drive and boot from it 🤷‍♂️

The next hurdle was getting the second monitor to work, where I thought just installing the Nvidia driver would be fine, but after some trial and error with upgrading the kernel from 6.8 to 6.11, then eventually something about MOC that I had to import the key, then it finallybworked. I also downgraded back to kernel 6.8.

I think my next step is to see if I can get Steam games working that are Windows only. Getting Wine installed and opening Notepad++ exe with that was easy and I was surprised that it just works.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Grab a 1 TB nvme, take the Widows one out, install the new SSD boot the USB thumbdrive, install Bazzite (or Mint) and off you go, that's all I did. I'm running LMDE but not a big gamer, so the little I do play all works on Mint Debian Edition.

If it all gives you the shits after a time, just put the old SSD back in and boot back into Windows.

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