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Browsers will probably continue to receive security updates for a few years. Windows 10 won't disappear in October, numerous companies will continue to use it and pay the extended support. Google Chrome supported Windows 7 up to January 2023, 3 years after the end of the regular support. Google stopped to support Win7 exactly when the extended support ended. So most of the apps are getting updates up to 2028 for Win10.

Well, if you want an old gaming PC, you will have more option with Win10 than with any Linux. And in all cases, a SSD is just a massive increase in comfort and performance for a cheap price. Whatever if you go with Windows or Linux, a SSD changes considerably the experience. The end of support for Win10 will mostly concern Microsoft integrated features and Microsoft cloud based apps. Most of the programs and application will still run on Win10 for a few years. Even if you are getting a new Win11 laptop, upgrading your Win10 laptop would be a good option to increase its longevity. If you want to try Linux Mint, you can put it on the SSD directly and like this you still have the HDD with Win10 in case you change your mind. Yeah it looks fine. Just check you can open the case of the laptop and change the disk drive easily before buying it. And verify the HDD is a 2.5 inch form factor, generally it is the case but it is better to check. Ah and something else, you don't have bitlocker activated on the Win10 laptop? If it is a home or familial edition, it is generally not the case.

Ah ok. No Linux Mint works fine with HDD. It is quite similar to Win7 in terms of performance on HDD. Although I think there is less risk in transforming your old Win7 laptop into a Linux Mint instead of changing your wife's laptop. Now that you specified this HDD issue on your wife's laptop, I would clearly suggest swapping the HDD for a SSD (SATA). This is something I did for my wife a while ago, it is not that complicated. And SSD are cheap. You only need to do a clone copy of your wife's HDD.

Either we've misunderstood each other, or your wife's laptop runs on a HDD too.

For the old laptop yeah, Linux alone is okay. About Office, it is depending on how much you are using it. LibreOffice is a fine alternative. But if it is a Win7 laptop, you are probably using an old version of microsoft Office anyway. Yeah, don't leave nerds unsupervised, or they'll create something overly complicated. I don't think that's really an issue, it is easy to use the flatpak, which is up-to-date with alpha 27. https://www.linuxmadesimple.info/2024/10/how-to-install-0-ad-on-linux-mint-22.html?m=1 https://flathub.org/apps/com.play0ad.zeroad

That's ok. This is really an old and low-end laptop but it should still work with Linux Mint, just choose the XFCE edition. Yeah it is much better. You can keep using Windows 10 after the end of the support. The only issue is with the integrated OneDrive, but that's all. I understand, it should still work for a while, 0AD requirement is quite low. Congrats! I see. Indeed I would look for a new laptop for your wife, even a second-hand. You could also force the Win10 laptop to upgrade to Win11 but it requires several manipulations. If I were you, I'd try to switch to the laptop with Windows 10 in the near future. The OS will still be stable for several years, at least for recreational use. The other option is to share the Windows 10 laptop with your office, which can handle easily two accounts. Depending on how much you are playing. In the meantime, if the old laptop isn't being used for other things and personal data has already been backed up, then I think it's worth trying a Linux OS. I won't even try to make two partitions on the old laptop.

Linux Mint 22.1 is quite similar to Windows 7 in its requirement. It should work. I would recommend Linux Mint XFCE, as it is the lightest version. https://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/choose.html It is not that risky but it requires some experience. You need to create partitions, choosing the right format for the partition in common, enabling the choosing of the OS at the start of the computer. It is a bit difficult. However, if you want to try linux, you can also create a USB bootable disk. It will run from the USB. It won't have great performance but it is ok to test it. https://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/burn.html https://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/boot.html I can try to help you and maybe other people can give their insights. I will suggest you several questions to guide you through an answer: - What is your current computer, laptop or dekstop? - Is this your only computer or do you have other computers (laptops or desktops, no tablets) - What is your usage of this computer? Which applications you are using the most? - You are using an outdated Windows OS, why have you not switched to Win10 or Win11 ? - Buying a new computer cost money, switching to Linux cost time. What do you have more of, time or money?

I would say that if it currently works with win8, it is pure luck.

https://www.linuxmadesimple.info/2024/10/how-to-install-0-ad-on-linux-mint-22.html?m=1

Microsoft stopped supporting Windows 8 in 2023. And this is a very unpopular OS. So I won't expect 0AD to work with Win8 and clearly it is not in the scope of the devs to maintain compatibility with it.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58581-0 A comparison of income inequality in the Roman and Chinese Han empires The emergence of vast territorial empires is a recurring development in the history of human civilization. Their ability to extract resources from their subjects, and to redistribute them, also increases the potential of higher levels of economic inequality. Here we explore how imperial structures contributed to set the level of inequality in two ancient empires, the Roman Empire ca. 165 CE and the Chinese Han Empire ca. 2 CE. We estimate the overall levels of imperial inequality as the combination of inequality between and within regions. We find that the Han Empire was, overall, more unequal and extractive than the Roman Empire. Other empires, however, were even more extractive, as shown by a comparison with the Aztec Empire ca. 1492. We argue that higher inequality increased the potential for political instability and the collapse of empires.

I'm a bit worried to see that the most competitive players are proposing some pretty extreme things, like speeding up the pace of the game even more or even removing the concept of citizen-soldiers (or militiamen). @wowgetoffyourcellphone tested a number of ideas in his mod that might be of interest. Mercenaries and slaves in particular. It has to be said that he tries out new concepts and goes beyond the fairly restricted AoE-like framework. If you need to recruit quickly, mercenaries would be the best approach, as they should be able to be recruited very quickly. I also think that the opposition between women and militiamen isn't done in the right way. At the moment, the woman only costs food, can't defend herself and has a tiny advantage when it comes to gathering. Whereas the militiaman costs extra wood, can defend himself and harvest all resources. I think it's a shame that the basic unit that can defend itself costs wood. I think the militiaman should only cost food. Historically, hoplites and legionaries obtained their equipment themselves. It was only with professionalization that the state began to pay for the equipment. The state pays for logistics, i.e. food, clothing, ammunition, etc. We could have an opposition between militiamen and slaves. The slave would cost more than the militiaman but would be more efficient at harvesting. They can't defend themselves. They can't create/initiate buildings, but they can help build them. It would be a way of highlighting an important facet of ancient societies. Javelineers and slingers should still cost extra ressources (wood notably) because they are consuming munitions.

I always felt like the game was being taken over by a very competitive community.

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So it has nothing to do with "from the historical standpoint"

Wouldn't you like to elaborate? I'm proposing this precisely to include more historical elements and show that there was more diversity than we think. Even if they're different factions grouped together, they're all based on the same civilisational foundation. The aim is not to mix peoples who have nothing to do with each other.

No news? No additional info?

A lack of color and features in general

In addition, the assembly building could have some visuals to reflect the different tribes from your coalition. It can be a flag, items, animal standards etc. Each tribe would have its own symbol, using coinage, pottery and jewelry as evidence. For example the Veneti: The Treveri: The Boii: etc.

Sarmatian https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/327424

Not for the moment but as I said, the type Alesia and Port helmets are from a later period. The only helmets that would fit the Cimbrian war are: - the Celtic Montefortino like those found in Förk, Apahida, Ciumesti, Moscano di Fabriano etc. Either in bronze or in iron. - the Italic Montefortino, the same the Romans used. It was also used by other people, especially during the 2nd century BC. Exclusively in bronze. - the simple Coolus helmet, also called Coolus-Mannheim. Exclusively in bronze. I would suggest you to use only these ones: Also avoid using the lenticular/almond shaped shield. I don't think there is evidence for its use by the Germans.

Have you considered supporting formats like AV1 ?