My elderly friend Elaine's system has been aging poorly lately. It's got 6GB of RAM and a dual-core cpu.
She mainly uses it to keep in touch with family and play open source games like mahjong and solitaire.
She explicitly requested #LinuxMint w/ #cinnamon because #Windows is too complicated (she came from #windowsxp before trying #Windows8 )
NewEgg had a $240 Optiplex 7040 that is a massive upgrade over her old AIO. SSD, 32GB DDR4, Quad Core i5, etc.
Old hardware still has a use.
I've seen some varying opinions around #EndOf10 and #Linux and the inevitable #YearOfLinuxOnTheDesktop meme, and I want to chime in that this is a regular part of the OS lifecycle. Linux users might appear in a slow dribble otherwise, but we grow more rapidly when MS fumbles. I started Linux to get away from #WindowsME, and there were similar moods around #WindowsVista and #Windows8. The event is neither a joke nor a start of Linux supremacy, just a good opportunity.
I could go as far back as #Windows8, which this machine comes with, but setting up an older environment with the right version of #DotNetFramework, #DirectX, etc., is a challenge.
Did I just time-travel twenty years back into my childhood?
You're a newbie and as a newbie, you want a system that "just works".
You are OK with learning if you must, but the truth is, you would rather a system that is already familiar, and out of the box, the only thing you want to set up is your Wi-Fi (maybe printer). To be perfectly honest, you simply want point and click easy, just like Windows or Apple.
Ultramarine Linux (Kde Plasma) is what you seek.
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=ultramarine
#Ultramarine #UltramarineLinux #Linux #Foss #OpenSource #Windows #Windows11 #Windows10 #Windows8 #Windows7
@Clygro tbh, the "#Metro" style, #MaterialDesign / #PaperMaterial "slabs " are good for #touchscreen devices, it's just not really good for #mouse & #keyboard or #LowDPI & #LowRes devices...
@SweetAIBelle @yassie_j IDK, I don't do #UI.
Maybe @fuchsiii as a #Frontend #Developer can enlighten us.
I'd say that #SkinlessUI is the one you can't "skin" and #LifelessUI is whatever the feck Microsoft does since (including) the #MetroDashboard on the #Xbox360 / #XboxOne and #Windows8...
@dgar
Before #Windows11, I was calling for "Windows9" (#Windows10 sucks rocks too.)
"#Windows 9" would have been the Win7 GUI with the 64bit Win10 engine (and support for DX12. Best of both worlds.
(I think #Windows8 is more despised than #WindowsME.)
Who is Valve to stand in the way of progress?!
Steam is leaving Windows 7, 8, 8.1 behind - Desk Chair Analysts
https://dcanalysts.net/steam-is-leaving-windows-7-8-8-1-behind/
@angusm The only.win.ing.move.is to refuse to use it.
The #Enshittification of #Windpws.make it useless to me since #Windows8 amd even then every release after #WindowsXP was a #downgrade with only #Windows7 being somewhat bearable.
Consider @ubuntu / #UbuntuLTS instead...
Microsoft will stop old Windows product keys from activating new Windows installs - Enlarge (credit: Microsoft)
RIP to one of my favorite loophole... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1972170 #windowsactivation #windows10 #windows11 #windows7 #windows8 #tech
I'll admit I thought this was for Windows 11 before I re-read the headline.
You can't upgrade to Windows 10 for free anymore https://www.pcworld.com/article/2085562/microsoft-finally-closes-the-windows-7-8-upgrade-loophole.html
Microsoft ends free upgrades from Windows 7 or 8 to Windows 10 or 11 #FreeUpgrade, #Microsoft, #OsUpdates, #Windows10, #Windows11, #Windows7, #Windows8
https://liliputing.com/microsoft-ends-free-upgrades-from-windows-7-or-8-to-windows-10-or-11/
Time to get those upgrades in!
Mozilla ends Firefox support for Windows 7, 8, and older Macs https://www.pcworld.com/article/1940069/mozilla-ends-firefox-support-for-windows-7-8-old-macs.html
Time is quickly running out!
Windows 7 and Windows 8 will stop getting critical security updates in one week https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/3/23537688/microsoft-windows-7-8-end-of-support-security-updates
