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Microsoft finally officially confirms it's killing Windows Control Panel sometime soon (www.neowin.net)

submitted 3 months ago by moe90@feddit.nl to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] tacosplease@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have a PC at home that works perfectly fine. Browses the internet, emulates GameCube and Dreamcast, runs any app I need.

It's not eligible for Windows 11. In about a month MS will just stop supporting my PC, and it will not have the option to be a Windows PC despite still having plenty of service time to offer.

Microsoft is basically forcing that PC to run Linux instead.

[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Windows 10 is being supported until next October, you've got more than a month. That said, I've been on Linux for just over a month and I'm so much happier with it. I really like KDE Plasma as a desktop environment. I made the leap because I was unhappy with Windows, but at this point I genuinely prefer Linux.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Which distro are you on? Plasma has reached it's 6.0 version I think now. I used it back in the day and KDE apps are really more powerful than their GNOME counterparts.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago

Don't sweat "what distro" so much. All the major distros offer the same desk tops. So pick a distro you like and just download the KDE Plasma spin of it and enjoy.

[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago

Bazzite, it's based on immutable Fedora. But it made sense for my use case because it's one of the more consistent at working out of the box with Nvidia graphics cards and I wanted the gaming stuff, but Plasma should be more or less the same everywhere. I'm not sure which version of Plasma it's running but Bazzite is generally pretty up to date with everything but I can't check right now.

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 months ago

KDE really is nice. It can be a little bit buggy when messing with themes and panels and stuff but overall its nice. I've got it looking like waybar and I'm really enjoying it.

[–] tacosplease@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ah. Thank you!! I was planning to disconnect the computer from wifi next month until I got around to setting up Linux. Nice to know there is more time.

I used Mint like 15 years ago trying to set up retropie on a cheap netbook. It felt really smooth, but I couldn't get something to work and just never had time to research a resolution.

I'm sure it's more user friendly now or at least the tools are more successful on first install. Going to find out sooner or later. I really just use that old PC to store pictures and play retro games, so it shouldn't be hard to convert with a little time for research.

[–] foggenbooty@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If you're coming from Windows I recommend Fedora KDE Spin. If has a similar look and feel and is very up to date while remaining stable.

[–] tacosplease@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

Thank you for the recommendation!