KDE community has shared detailed measures on how to help Windows 7 users of the system after 2020 January 14 cease support, migrated to Linux platform and Plasma desktop environment.
From next week (January 14), Microsoft no longer provides security patches and updates for Windows 7 users, meaning that if you do not upgrade to Windows 10 or other operating systems (such as macOS, GNU / Linux distributions), then it will become target for hackers and threats.
For those Windows 7 users do not want to upgrade Windows 10, but you want to get security protection, KDE community hopes to win over these users try to install Plasm equipped desktop environment GNU / Linux distributions, these distributions can very easily switch to Windows and 7 similar in appearance and operation relating KDE logic, and provides security and stability Linux function.
KDE wrote in the community: "Rather than migrating to Windows 10 system, update endure hours of embedded applications to a variety of advertising, might as well install the Linux operating system Plasma desktop environment you just 30 minutes. complete up and running, and have Plasma all the features and ease of use, as well as the security and stability of the Linux platform provides. "
Of course, the first question Windows 7 users may ask is, my favorite applications and games will run on Linux? To address this problem, the solution provided by the KDE community and the community is the KDE applications Wine , the former provides a wealth of applications, which can simulate the Windows environment to run most applications.
If you are a Windows gamers, you do not have to worry too much, because you can continue to play their favorite games on Linux, because Steam for Linux now supports thousands of games, in addition to Proton, the tool can be Windows-specific games, It runs on the Linux operating system.
Source: cnBeta