Nearly half of Steam's users are still using Windows 10, with end of life fast approaching
Nearly half of Steam's users are still using Windows 10, with end of life fast approaching
Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 support will end in a few months, meaning nearly half of Steam users will be forced to upgrade.
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I moved my wife's computer to Windows 11 because it was using a 12th gen Intel, and from what I had understood, the scheduler was better for the P-core/E-core nonsense.
Over the last year I've seen numerous popups, copilot being injected everywhere, nonstop bullshit. And plenty of benchmarks showing that Windows 11 is actually slower than Windows 10 on my particular hardware. I'd just really rather move to something with healthy support for Proton/SteamOS ecosystem and be done with MS forever.
I mean, I already use Linux elsewhere in life. I've got Proxmox set up with a bunch of VMs, so Linux isn't a stranger to me - but I use a *cough* version of Solidworks and there's just simply nothing that comes even close to its capabilities. Additionally, one of the games I play has a hard enough time not crashing on the system it was designed for - trying to figure out if it's the game, or the system I'm playing on when it's crashing would drive me absolutely bonkers.
CAD is certainly the most difficult shortcoming of FOSS.
Freecad is fine fine a single part and it's actually stable unlike everything else, but doing assemblies requires an add-on. I don't recall if those work in simulation though. Its workflow also needs more time. It has come a long way in the least several years though. I suspect it will get to be competitive in the next few. Especially as dassault and Autodesk keep trying to inject AI BS and force you further into their cloud services.
For me, I am concerned about Microsoft going fascist. Last thing I need is my PC to be a turncoat. Also, I hate being forced to update. I want to pick my updates and schedule.
Fascist? Really? Jesus Lemmy has really lost it...
From what's been seen checks and balances no longer exists in the US and is moving towards authoritarianism, and threatening allies is not normal. And enemy in the west is more of a concern for a lot of people due to proximity.
Any country undergoing a huge purge and closures would be raising alarms, and it is more worrying because of the huge military and economic influence and power of the US.
Sir, this is /c/PCGaming
America just lost a huge amount of federal workers, Elon has broken into the treasury, and Trump ended our foreign relations for no good reason.
America is splitting apart, and corporations will have to pick a side. Considering that Microsoft controls the most common OS in the world, it would be very strange if DOGE didn't try to take control.
Sir, this is a gaming community. wtf are you on about now...
Think of it this way: Microsoft can use Copilot down the road to monitor what games and media you have. Considering that the Trump Regime has literally forced the disbanding of military cultural clubs, removal of posters featuring minorities or women, established a DEI watchlist, and so on...as someone who plays a great deal of Japanese games, I wouldn't feel safe. Plus my PC has all of my passwords, documents, and so forth.
Ask yourself this: "Am I safe from persecution?"
Just because you have no interest in politics, it doesn't mean that politics aren't interested in you.
Yeah - once again -- This is a post about Steam statistics; take your fear-mongering shit elsewhere.