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[–] kattenluik@feddit.nl 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

No, they're not going to be fixed or fully avoidable and you want to stay on Windows 10 or just go to Linux.

Windows 10 is genuinely better in every single way and it is incredibly sad.

And also, there is no "too late" as you can always upgrade whenever you want.

[–] Igloojoe@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Thank you. Just the news of windows 8 being unsupported got me thinking.

And i've never touched linux. I might have to take the plunge and learn once win 10 becomes obsolete and unsupported.

[–] kattenluik@feddit.nl 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Linux is not much different depending on what you do, all I recommend is stay away from distrobutions that use snap packages and the like. Linux Mint is a common recommendation.

[–] Igloojoe@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I mainly use it for gaming. Whether it be triple a games. Or indy niche gaming. Plus like the ability to run like anything.

I heard there was a better alternative than linux mint for amd cpu/gpu users, but really i havent looked into anything for linux yet.

[–] kattenluik@feddit.nl 4 points 11 months ago

If you don't mind not being able to run games with anticheat other than easy anticheat you're good, people recommend "Nobara" as a gaming distribution but I always think tailored distros are a bit silly as something like Mint can do all of it anyways.

There's not much you can't do on Linux nowadays anymore thanks to Proton.

[–] Moira_Mayhem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There is a company called 0patch that makes microcode patches for legacy Win systems.

I pay about $30 a year for microcode patching on my WIn7 partition and have had zero problems despite it being always internet connected.

Plan on doing the same once win10 goes end of life for my everyday driver.

Full disclosure: Not paid for this, they are a legit digital wonder.

[–] kattenluik@feddit.nl 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This seems like a lot of hassle for no reason? It also doesn't sound like it'd protect against much if it's just microcode patching.

What're you doing with Win7 where you still need it so desperately?

[–] Moira_Mayhem@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You're not in IT, are you?

Do you know what microcode patching even is and why it is in many ways superior to simple file patching?

There is no effort. You just sign up for an account and install their systray program. It's as easy to set up as a subscription VPN service. All the patching is done live in memory first and in 4 years I've needed to reboot exactly twice.

I have a huge stack of retro games and code projects that work very poorly on Win10, as well as the fact that my Win7 version is Ultimate so I make a lot of use of XP mode virtual machine and booting from virtual disk on bare metal for my moderately older games (something I can't do with my win10 home license). Can't even get win10 drivers for half of my hardware on that box.

Also kind of annoyed by your hostility so you're blocked now.

[–] kattenluik@feddit.nl 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I'm sorry, but there was zero hostility in my comment whatsoever. Quite literally just questions, and I am in fact in IT and was curious.

Nothing you've said seems like it'd need full internet access but it's at least interesting, but asking more is pointless now.

It's also quite easy to upgrade your Windows licenses for free, I would've been interested in what old games you're playing.