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Microsoft Will Charge for Windows 10 Security Updates in 2025

gizmodo.com Microsoft Will Charge for Windows 10 Security Updates in 2025

Once Microsoft drops support for Windows 10 in 2025, the company says users must sign up for an 'Extended Security Update' program.

Microsoft Will Charge for Windows 10 Security Updates in 2025

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Well, I've been putting off switching to Linux for a long time now. I guess Microsoft is going to force my hand.
- Are there any 10-year-old Linux distributions that are still getting free support?
  
  Literally most of them. All the big ones like Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Arch, etc. are 10+ years old and still get updates pretty much daily.
  
  Debian had its 30th birthday back in September, actually.
  
  There are free major upgrades though.
  
  Upgrading from Windows 10 to 11 is also free.
  
  Actually, yes.
  
  Debian has been supported since the early 90s, but admittedly that’s the only one I could name off the top of my head.
- Or you can wait for the inevitable workaround to make Win 10 pull updates from the extended support channel for free.

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