State of the Windows: What is going on with Windows 11?

Re:State of the Windows: What is going on with Windows 11? by Alifatisk on Monday January 26, 2026 @05:40PM (#46772646)

I am still on Win10 on my pc, the day my pc is forced to update to Win11 is the day I finally switch OS. I don’t even care if I loose things that are windows only. What OS should I switch to? Is it Linux Mint that is the closest alternative?

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Re:State of the Windows: What is going on with Windows 11? by Legend2440 on Monday January 26, 2026 @06:40PM (#46773345)

You should switch to something else immediately. Windows 10 is no longer receiving security updates and will become increasingly unsafe to leave connected to the internet.

I like Ubuntu.

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Re:State of the Windows: What is going on with Windows 11? by Alifatisk on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @08:06AM (#46779453)

I only startup the PC to play games from Epic / Steam. Maybe watch Youtube sometimes. Nothing else, I use my mac for actual work. Realistically speaking, how dangerous is it for me to stay on Win10 until I am forced to switch?

Fedora and Linux Mint is my considerations at the moment.

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Re:State of the Windows: What is going on with Windows 11? by zaruvi on Monday January 26, 2026 @06:18PM (#46773105)

Linux Mint would be a very decent distribution to start with. I've also heard good things about Fedora, but never used it myself.

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Re:State of the Windows: What is going on with Windows 11? by aucisson_masque on Monday January 26, 2026 @05:59PM (#46772894)

Yeah.

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