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Gentle reminder to everyone that support for #windows10 ends in about 90 weeks. Many computers can't upgrade to Win 11 so here are your options:

  1. Continue on Win 10 but with higher security risks.
  2. Buy new and expensive hardware that supports Win11.
  3. Try a beginner friendly #Linux distro like #linuxmint. It only takes about two months to acclimate.

@nixCraft @linux @windowscentralbot

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Option3: give and give hard to reactos and hope for a usable product by win10s death

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Why if there are so good gnulinux distros nowadays and most software is already working there?

[–] Adanisi 3 points 11 months ago

ReactOS is a cool project but ultimately pointless compared to the other free alternatives we have, with libre ecosystems.

ROS is built to be a drop in replacement for the Windows operating system, while retaining all other components of the system (like proprietary drivers, programs, etc).