Re: “End Of 10” Project

On Sat, 6/21/2025 10:15 AM, Alan K. wrote:

On 6/21/25 9:19 AM, J. P. Gilliver wrote:

On 2025/6/21 1:33:6, Hank Rogers wrote:

Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote on 6/20/2025 7:04 PM:

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Which one is the smart choice? The “End of 10” project is here to help
you make an informed decision.
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<https://www.zdnet.com/article/ready-to-ditch-windows-end-of-10-makes- converting-your- pc-to-linux-easier-than-ever/>
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Linux is wonderful ain't it?   I wish everyone could hear the gospel of Linus.  Praise him, all ye faithful.
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Amen.
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To be fair, I don't think I've ever heard Mr. Torvalds knocking other OSs; he just created his own (I think originally as a licence-free clone of UNIX). It is other people who verge on the religious zeal.

 
As other things should be:  If you like it, great, use it.
However, I'm all for people trying other things.   Who knows, maybe there is something better.   That or it makes you realize why you like what you have.  Not just an OS, but most anything in life.   I've been put onto a lot of new good food.
 

By Jack Wallen

"They can purchase a new computer, one with enough oomph to run Windows 11 (an expensive proposition in an unstable economy)."

This isn't true. The two processor companies are competing
on the low end. And making some concessions on price. And while DDR4
(a money losing proposition for memory companies) is almost
out of production, you can buy that as your RAM type. A computer
does not have to be expensive. Today. By August ? Who knows.

14100                $120 USD  (4P+ 0E)  (4 cores is enough for W11)
14400                $176 USD  (6P+ 4E)  (and NOT 14400F which has no iGPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G    $167 USD  (8P    )  My daily driver :-)

These prices aren't that much different from when I was
buying Core2 Duo (E7500, E8400, E4700). I still
have a Dell Refurb with an E8400 in it (which won't
run W11 24H2 because it is missing the SSE4.2 POPCNT instruction).

Select a motherboard that supports DDR4, and buy your DDR4 RAM
today, before the supply runs out. Anyone holding off on
buying their DDR4 upgrade, should do so right now, this minute.
The last company making DDR4, has announced EOL. Only a Chinese fab
would have DDR4 after this. DDR5 isn't quite as cheap.

The motherboard is likely to be the hardest part of the search.

*******

We often wonder about Linux Grandma, hoe much she knows.
Can she fix a Thunderbird Profile issue, or diagnose
a bad front panel power switch ? Why of course. She is
Linux Grandma after all. She can bake a cake with one
hand, and change the print settings for the Brother Printer
with the other hand. Right now she has jacked up the car
and is rotating the tires. She even made her own breaker
bar, out of fudge brownie mix.

   Paul