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Windows 10 ends in 2025. Don’t buy a new PC — revive yours with Linux. It's fast, secure, and help is available to get you started.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/30792652

Support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?

If you bought your computer after 2010, there’s most likely no reason to throw it out. By just installing an up-to-date Linux operating system you can keep using it for years to come.

Installing an operating system may sound difficult, but you don’t have to do it alone. With any luck, there are people in your area ready to help!

5 Reasons to upgrade your old computer to Linux:

  1. No New Hardware, No Licensing Costs
  2. Enhanced Privacy
  3. Good For The Planet
  4. Community & Professional Support
  5. Better User Control
  • NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world
    7·
    1 day ago

    Can I bother anyone in this thread to help with suggestions for a Linux distro that works for a gaming PC that won’t require me to have a computer science degree? I’m not afraid of some troubleshooting here and there, but I’m kind of dumb.

    Edit: I should have known there’d be a shotgun load of different distros, good thing I’ve been gifted with e-“waste” for years, I’ve got some tinkering to do. Hyper-fixation, here I come.

        • chunkystyles@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          5·
          2 days ago

          Bazzite is phenomenal. Just know that it works a little differently than what I’d call “legacy” distros. So when googling things, just know that a lot of instructions for Linux won’t work for you.

          If you run into trouble, hop on the discord and someone will help you.

          • glaber@lemm.ee
            2·
            2 days ago

            Might be helpful to append “fedora” to any searches, as that’s the distro that serves as the base for Bazzite

    • Alaknár@lemm.ee
      5·
      2 days ago

      My journey was: Kubuntu -> Tuxedo OS -> Garuda Linux.

      Kubuntu was painful, lots of issues. Maybe just got unlucky, but cannot recommend it.

      Tuxedo OS was phenomenal until I bought a GPU. Then stuff broke left and right. I wasn’t able to get Steam to launch anymore so I switched.

      Garuda Linux is the one I still use. I had it for 53 days and had no severe issues to date. There’s still a bunch of stuff that needs ironing out, but that’s the case with all Linux distros, it’s never “fire and forget” like Windows, in my experience.

      I chose Garuda because it’s advertised as “the Linux for gamers”. It’s packed with extra goodies that make life easier - you can pick and choose popular apps to be installed right away (things like Lutris, Steam, Heroic Launcher, Proton, Vivaldi browser), and you get an application that helps with maintenance.

      The only major issue I had was due to my ignorance (but I kind of blame it on the OS because it was supposed to be “noob friendly” and this bit was very much not so) - just after installation and updates you’ll get the system maintenance app ask you to “merge pacdiff files”. This shows up a comparison window of two files, and if you’ve never used Linux you have no clue what’s going on. When you get that, just don’t overwrite the one on the right with the one on the left - you’ll break the entirety of your package manager. :D

      Other than that: I’m having a great time. The OS looks pretty, games run great. 9/10

    • evanciao@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 days ago

      I’d say anything mainstream and not esoteric should do the trick. I’m talking Ubuntu, PopOS and so on.

      • Chais@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        2 days ago

        My partner is currently running PopOS. They somehow managed to combine the chronically outdated Ubuntu packages with a rather counterintuitive UI.
        Updates frequently fail, commonly used packages like gamescope aren’t available, overall wouldn’t recommend.

        • evanciao@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 days ago

          oh… never actually tried it myself. welp too bad, it seemed like a fair distro to check out. nvm…

          • Wolf@lemmy.today
            1·
            1 day ago

            I’m on PopOS and my experience is the exact opposite. I love the UI- it’s the main thing I like about it actually. Never had an update fail.

            Don’t use gamescope, just run everything from Steam or Heroic and never had an issue gaming.

            YMMV

            • Chais@sh.itjust.works
              1·
              1 day ago

              Yes, most times gamescope isn’t required. Thing is, sometimes it is and not having the option is an inconvenience in the best case and makes games unplayable in the worst case.

    • agnomeunknown@lemmy.mlEnglish
      41·
      2 days ago

      I installed mint on a new laptop recently and it was completely painless. To be fair I’ve used Linux before but it’s been over a decade and I didn’t have any major hiccups. I installed steam and was playing games within 15 minutes of finishing the install. The UI is very familiar and comfortable for windows users and the entire ux seems to be designed around not making you use the terminal unless you have to. I highly recommend trying it out.

    • Zerush@lemmy.ml
      13·
      2 days ago

      Maybe Q4OS, but if you a Gamer, which want to play the most recent games (logically in a Gaming PC), Linux sadly isn’t the best option, the most modern games are Windows only, the advantages of Linux are others. In this case the best option is to use Linux in dual boot with Windows. I hope that it change in the future.