2mo ago

KDE for Windows 10 Exiles: A KDE campaign about not throwing away your computer just because it doesn't support Windows 11

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KDE for Windows 10 Exiles

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2mo ago

KDE for Windows 10 Exiles

kde.org /for/w10-exiles/

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2mo ago

KDE for Windows 10 Exiles

kde.org /for/w10-exiles/

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cm0002 @lemmy.world

2mo ago

KDE for Windows 10 Exiles: A KDE campaign about not throwing away your computer just because it doesn't support Windows 11

kde.org /for/w10-exiles/

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- Exactly, I'm trying to work with my local library to host a free W11 upgrade workshop with volunteers and even they're like "um does anyone care about this?"
  
  Why would you want people you upgrade to 11?
- You would be surprised by how many people buy a new computer, just because Windows end support. Most are not aware of Linux or think its a complicated geek system that only hackers use, because they read some weird comments about and from Linux users. At this time, campaigns like these are needed.
- Elderly people will absolutely believe they need to buy a new computer. They don’t understand the tech, just hear Win 10 will no longer be supported and their computer can’t run Win 11, so new PC.
  Source: Recent conversation with my mother-in-law.
KDE really is what windows promised to become back in the XP days and just never did.
Nice article. But a little bit too wordy and long. They need to shorten this a bit, if this is an initial page trying to make it clear.
endof10.org is hosted on KDE infrastructure, why are there two competing initiatives?
- Why not?
  
  Well it kinda fragments the effort. Each campaign has to essentially do the same things, but twice.
Also GNOME shows this campaign on their website
My suggestion for people finally looking to switch from Win 10 to a Linux distro; if you have an Nvidia card, avoid Gnome (desktop env. many distros ship with it). It's unfortunate since Gnome looks and feels great but my lord is it unstable on Nvidia drivers. I've tried to stabilize on my RTX 3080 but no luck.
My folly was HDR support, and boy that aint easy.
- Sorry that it is not working for you, and it definitely worth people keeping in mind that issues can happen, but it is not quite so binary as "don't use GNOME if you have Nvidia".
  Plenty of people use Nvidia and GNOME together successfully. I have an Nvidia 2070 RTX and it works very well with GNOME on Fedora Workstation. I've never even had to install anything or mess with settings, it just worked automatically.
  
  Now I obviously cannot point to any specific driver issues or the like, so I cannot make any general conclusions other than from my own experience.
  Maybe the issues stems from the Ampere architecture of the 30-series. However I would still issue a warning, although still recommend people curious to try out Fedora with Gnome, even if you have an Nvidia card.

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