• Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
      23·
      6 months ago

      I’d temper those expectations tbh. I’ve still got customers on Windows XP.

      Out of support does not mean “can’t be used”.

      • asudox@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        6 months ago

        I agree. But using Windows XP these days is a huge security risk. W10 not getting security updates at least for the next 2 years is probably something that can be overlooked, but it will at some point be vulnerable to automatic attacks like XP. I’m sure there are some websites on the web that try to automatically exploit some major exploits that have been lrft unfixed in Windows XP. I’d advise them to switch to Linux Mint or something instead of using that old vulnerable system.

        • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
          51·
          6 months ago

          1. The browser is the failure point and they get updated for a long time after the OS falls out of support. Chrome was supported for 8 years after Windows 7 stopped being officially supported.

          2. All their Windows software they need to run their business isn’t going to run reliably enough on any version of Linux. They don’t want to touch anything that’s working or pay for anything. You have to understand the world is not filled with OS enthusiasts. It’s just a platform to run other things. If it’s working and it’s making you money, you do not touch it, unless you really want to find out what OS they use at the Job Centre.

    • RedWeasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      6 months ago

      I have an elderly friend that I will probably need to migrate as 1 of their 2 computers doesn’t support win11. I am fully able to migrate them, but I really want it themed(Plasma6 probably ) to look as much like 10 as they a dealing with cognitive decline and I don’t want to force them to relearn using their computer.

      I need to start investigating, but I got over a year to do so. The other part is making sure the 2 pieces of proprietary software they use runs in wine. I expect both will, but need to check.

      This is obviously something that developers probably don’t think about as much as an accessibility issue in general.

      • MalachaiConstant@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        I was thinking about this the other day. I support some very, very technologically limited users and I wondered if anyone out there is working on a distro/DE that looks and feels just enough like windows to get them by

        I would never have considered this before they announced Recall. Now it feels like I’m waiting to see just how hard they push it

        • Moorshou@lemmy.zipEnglish
          3·
          6 months ago

          I’m typing this from Linux mint, I play mainly video games and websurf but I choose this distro for the community support! Since I don’t know everything about linux I go here on lemmy, or reach out to the members via hexchat