I got an email about support ending in October 2025; isn't this still extremely early? Aren't they usually about two or three versions of windows down the line before they end updates?

I don't want windows 11 (and no I don't want Linux either, knock it off); this is ridiculous.

  • TheDoctor [they/them]
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    1 month ago

    You can opt out of the vast majority of command line shit. I do development work and I barely use the terminal at work. I never use it on my personal machine at home. I’ve found that a lot of people who give advice like “run sudo apt-get install thingy” instead of “go to thingy.com, click download, and then double click the file it downloads” are doing so because they prefer the more command-line oriented way of doing things. Which is fine, but not strictly necessary most of the time, especially if your OS is a glorified container for a web browser.

    Can I ask what you’ve tried to do in the past that had people sending you straight into the command line?

    • bbnh69420 [she/her, they/them]
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      1 month ago

      Literally day 1 install shit, I gave Ubuntu a shot a few years back and I felt lost. Maybe my brain was too small, but it just felt like your post in a nutshell. I’m also a freeze-gamer so that could also be my bad for trying to download something other than Gimp

      • TheDoctor [they/them]
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        1 month ago

        Yeah gaming can still be a pain at times. It’s gotten a lot better even within the past couple years but I can understand why people hold out on it