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"Rest in Peace Windows?"
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Windows 10 death is creating a Linux army and Microsoft should be panicking
What makes this migration wave different from previous Linux adoption attempts is the convergence of several factors: the forced obsolescence of millions of Windows 10 devices, improved hardware support for Linux compared to a decade ago, and distributions specifically targeting Windows refugees with familiar interfaces and migration tools. Whether this represents the long-predicted "Year of the Linux Desktop" remains to be seen, but for the first time in years, the data suggests Microsoft might actually have something to worry about.
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Games
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Ghacks ☛ Rest in Peace Windows? Large YouTube channel tests gaming performance on Linux
Is Linux an alternative for gamers? The end of Windows 10 support along with artificially introduced system requirements for Windows 11 have put millions of Windows 10 users -- Dell says 500 million -- between a rock and a hard place.
Keep on using Windows 10 and an, often, perfectly fine device? Bypass the system requirements to upgrade to Windows 11? Buy a new PC? Or, switch to Linux? These are the four main options that users have.
For gamers, one of the most important questions are whether their games will run on Linux and how good they will run. Valve has done a tremendous job in the past couple of years to improve gaming on Linux, but is it enough, even on systems that do not use SteamOS?
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