Don’t toss your Windows 10 PC! Try switching to KDE Plasma instead

On October 14, Microsoft is officially supporting Windows 10 support. This no longer means new features or improvements, more safety fixes (although you can extend these years another year using Microsoft Services), and the progressive loss of applications because they also stop taking charge of Windows 10. Microsoft wants you to go to Windows 11 – and if Your PC does not meet the requirements, then Microsoft wants you to be in or recycle this and get a Windows 11 marker.

But maybe you don’t have the money for that. Or maybe you are postponed by Windows 11. Or maybe you just don’t want to waste a perfectly good PC that still works well. In this case, you might be interested in the latest KDE campaign which encourages Windows 10 features trying to go to Linux with the friendly plasma office (spotted by Windows later).

The campaign is called KDE for Windows 10 Exiles, which highlights the fact that if many older PCs cannot be upgraded to Windows 11, it is not necessary to create unnecessary electronic waste. The smarter and more environmentally friendly movement is to go to Linux – and Kde is, of course, pilot the flag for its own plasma solution.

Plasma Desktop is a free, simple and easy -to -use desktop environment that is supposed to be an accessible windows alternative. It includes an application launcher, a system tray, notifications and software standards, as well as many personalization options to make it as comfortable as you wish.

Plasma is not itself a Linux distribution. It is a user interface for the operating system that works with the most popular compatible Linux distributions KDE, including OpenSuse, Fedora, Manjaro and Kubuntu.

If you don’t want to abandon your machine and want to try to go to Linux, plan to install OpenSuse with plasma. The Quick Installation Starting Guide of OpenSuse guides you throughout the process. Otherwise, learn more about how to save your Windows 10 PC after the end of life.