So that very important day is almost upon us.
October 14th is the day set for when Windows 10 stops security updates (no consumer is going to pay for extended) and begins to really push people to Windows 11. Windows 11 has strict hardware requirements that a lot of “older” devices that most people have do not meet.
And so, I am sure many individuals and companies may be getting rid of their old laptops and even desktops to recoup the vost of new devices.
What is the plan, when should we move in? What kind of deals should we be looking out for?
I want to find a great deal on a great laptop just for the fun of it. Some of my friends (converted to Linux) are waiting to get new laptops and score a deal. I have been waiting years for this day and I hope it can feel like a special day.
Any good places to look for these kinds of deals?
I bought a second-hand laptop to in an attempt to capitalize on this, but it came with Windows 11 installed anyway.
It was cheap ($300 AUD) and it meets my needs (except for STUPID LENOVO SWAPPING THE CTRL AND FN KEYS LIKE WTF LENOVO SERIOUSLY EVEN IF I SWAP THEM BACK IN THE BIOS THE LINUX TERMINAL STILL HAS THEM SWAPPED) so I’m satisfied.
try assigning ctrl to caps lock. on terminal
setxkbmap -option caps:ctrl_modifier
That wouldn’t fix the issue of muscle memory, although now that I think of it maybe the issue is that I don’t even need the control key to cycle through my command history and the reason it works in reverse is because of that.
hmm. do you mean ctrl+r?
btw which machine do you have? fn-ctrl swap from bios seems to work fine for all thinkpads i have.
I meant ctrl + up arrow. Which is what I usually do to cycle through commands. I had forgotten that I tried doing that without the ctrl (fn) key and it worked.