Re: “KDE For Windows 10 Exiles” Campaign

On 6/5/25 2:56 AM, Borax Man wrote:

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On 2025-06-05, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

“Your computer is toast
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“Running Windows 10 on your computer? On October 14 Microsoft wants to
turn it into junk.
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“It may seem like it continues to work after that date for a bit, but when
Microsoft stops support for Windows 10, your perfectly good computer will
be officially obsolete.
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“Windows 10 will degrade as more and more bugs come to light. With nobody
to correct them, you risk being hacked. Your data, identity, and control
over your device could be stolen.
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“New versions of your apps will not run, but Microsoft will still block
you from upgrading to the next version of Windows until you buy the new
computer they decide.”
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Scary? Yes. Exaggerated? No. Because that’s what Microsoft really wants to
do. Just like it has done so many times before.
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<https://kde.org/for/w10-exiles/>

 Essentially, Microsoft are making an Operating System that can't
actually operate your computer, and convicing users that the deficiency
is with them, the user and not with the OS, which just fails to run.
The pertinent point here is that the requires system specs aren't really
a "requirement", but a deficiency of the OS.
 This is an inversion of GNU/Linux, which is intended to run on whatever
hardware it could feasibly run on.

M$ just wants to install a bunch of AI spyware in the future.
Just make a bootable Flash drive with Rufus and turn off
all the crap.  Use the rufus drive to upgrade from w10 to w11
When M$ see your system does not have the requirements to
run its stupid spyware, it just wont install it.  Yippee!
Don't make this a bigger deal than it is.