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The KDE community has an outreach campaign encouraging the use of the Plasma desktop by people with older, but usable, laptops. Vista10 support will come to an end and Vista11 has been designed not to run on many still viable models of computer due to several factors including Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) requirements centered around TPM-2.0. GNU/Linux can not only keep the old system working, it can improve its performance, ease of use, and general security. KDE Plasma can be part of that.
Even if you agree to this tech extortion now, in a few years time, they will do it again as they have done many times in the past.
But things don't have to be this way...
Upgrade the smart way! Keep the machine you've got and switch to Linux and Plasma.
Linux can give new life to your laptop. Combined with KDE's Plasma desktop, you get all the advantages of the safety, stability and hi tech of Linux, with all the features of a beautiful, modern and powerful graphic environment.
Their campaign page covers where and how beginners can get help, what the differences are, the benefits gained, and more.
[Editor's Comment: This is obviously a KDE/Plasma centric promotion - which doesn't mean that it is bad but there are lots of other options too. Which Linux OS and desktop would you recommend for someone wanting to make the move from Windows to Linux? Which are the best for a beginner, and which desktops provide the most intuitive interface for someone who has never sat down in front of a Linux computer before?--JR]
Previously:
(2025) Microsoft is Digging its Own Grave With Windows 11, and It Has to Stop
(2023) The Wintel Duopoly Plans to Send 240 Million PCs to the Landfill
(2023) Two Security Flaws in the TPM 2.0 Specs Put Cryptographic Keys at Risk
(2022) Report Claims Almost Half of Systems are Ineligible for Windows 11 Upgrades
(2021) Windows 11 Will Leave Millions of PCs Behind, and Microsoft is Struggling to Explain Why
(2019) Microsoft's Ongoing Tactics Against Competitors Explained, Based on its Own Documents
(2016) Windows 10 Anniversary Update to Require TPM 2.0 Module
(Score: 2) by Tork on Monday June 09, @11:03PM
This is soooooo NOT TROLL. I've been beaten over the head for years on places like Slashdot about how uncool I am because I didn't switch to Linux, yet not one person ever asked me WHAT I ACTUALLY DO WITH MY COMPUTER. It's always "Linux is better" but never "Linux is better for your use-case". That's basically what DadaDoofy is saying here and he's fucking right.
I do apologize for being salty on the topic but when I actually did try Linux (kudos for Knoppix for making it accessible to me....) I mentioned a few criticisms on the green site that cropped up while dealing with some of Linux's rougher edges and instead of being helpful and offering advice instead I got mod bombed. Oh how dare I say Linux is anything less than perfect! So sorry I wanted both monitors to work with 3d acceleration, I'm such a monster.
And this is exactly where I landed. I did leave Windows, for Apple. DadaDoofy hit the nail on the head here, the only thing I'd add is "yes.... but you need the finances to support it." Apple is expensive. In any event I could have been a Linux user today, especially since scripting and automation are things I do a lot of, but the unsupported Linux zealotry moved me away. That's usually the stereotype for Apple users but at least they're helpful when shit don't work.
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