Windows 10 to be retired in 2025, as new OS unveils

Re:Windows 10 to be retired in 2025, as new OS unveils by criddell on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @01:59PM (#27519071)

I've been using Linux on-and-off since the fall of 1993 and I've learned that the best way to use Linux is to pick the most popular distribution and then do as little customization as possible. You still will probably have to wipe and reinstall from scratch every five years, but that's not a Linux-only problem.

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Re:Windows 10 to be retired in 2025, as new OS unveils by eloff on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @02:08PM (#27519217)

That's also been my strategy. I use Ubuntu and I don't mess with the configuration.

Printers, scanners, nvidia graphics cards, dual monitors have all been a huge source of issues for me.

Then a lot of stuff is just glitchy and fixing it is a pain. For some reason QT from apt was completely messed up for me, so I had to compile and install it myself, which was non trivial.

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Re:Windows 10 to be retired in 2025, as new OS unveils by criddell on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @02:37PM (#27519636)

My non-customization strategy extends to basically not connecting printers and scanners, not using anything other than basic video modes, and I've never even tried multi-monitor setups.

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Re:Windows 10 to be retired in 2025, as new OS unveils by eloff on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @02:47PM (#27519779)

That's definitely safer based on my experience.

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