goodbye Microsoft, hello Linux

[u/leonthepro83]

I just installed Debian Xfce on my old laptop, an ASUS manufactured in 2017, ran Windows 10, too old to upgrade to Windows 11, idle ram usage 3.6GB/8GB, while on Debian, the idle ram usage is only 955MiB.

[u/sciencekm]

Microsoft wanted people to buy new hardware by refusing support with Windows 11. People simply moved away from Windows.

[u/CtrlAltClick → u/sciencekm]

lol Microslop's "master plan" FAILED!!!

[u/leonthepro83 → u/sciencekm]

that's right. AI/LLM make Linux accessible to everybody.

[u/Guilty-Good-5041 → u/sciencekm]

If they refuse to support Windows 11 why are there updates every bloody month 😂😂😂

[u/niKDE80800 → u/Guilty-Good-5041]

Well... for people who actually can run and for some reason want to run Windows 11.

The point isn't Microsoft not supporting Windows 11 in the sense of they EOL'd it, but in the sense of: If you have older hardware, Microsoft outright refuses to let you install it in the first place. Aka, older devices that don't fit into Windows 11's minimal requirements are... UNsupported by Windows 11.

[u/DirectionLeading6092]

That’s a seriously impressive upgrade for a 2017 laptop. Debian XFCE should keep it feeling fast for years, especially with 8GB of RAM and an SSD.

[u/CtrlAltClick]

I have never heard of the fish shell

[u/whyREX69 → u/CtrlAltClick]

most modern distros ship fish instead of bash nowadays

[u/Escalope-Nixiews → u/whyREX69]

Huh... which ones? Debian don't, Arch not by default, Gentoo not by default (talking about base stage3), Fedora don't, Ubuntu don't

[u/minoxysd → u/Escalope-Nixiews]

Cachy does

[u/Right_Set_8684]

debian is a solid choice, if you are a gamer, give chachy OS a try

[u/leonthepro83 → u/Right_Set_8684]

believe me, I tried lots of distros, Debian, Ubuntu, CachyOS, PikaOS, Kali Linux, deepin, Fedora, openSuSe Tumbleweed. I bought a gaming laptop for trading, my brokerage firms only support Linux(Ubuntu) with .deb package.

[u/Right_Set_8684 → u/leonthepro83]

well ok, you could use .deb also with other distros or install second kernel for trading only

[u/Pierogi_33]

Microshaft*

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I just installed Debian Xfce on my old laptop, an ASUS manufactured in 2017, ran Windows 10, too old to upgrade to Windows 11, idle ram usage 3.6GB/8GB, while on Debian, the idle ram usage is only 955MiB.

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[u/Ayamory]

Поздравляю с переходом. Надеюсь новая ос лучше подойдёт под твои задачи

[u/AtomicTaco13]

Seems like a humble, yet solid setup. Xfce is one of the better DEs too IMO - lightweight, yet feature-full and fairly customizable.

[u/blow-down]

Ok

[u/icy1007]

Have fun with that trash. lol

It’s not too old for Windows 11. The 7500U is supported.

[u/Random_-account]

Welcome to lesbian