Microsoft pulls the plug on Windows 10 after a decade on the market
Microsoft pulls the plug on Windows 10 after a decade on the market
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Microsoft pulls the plug on Windows 10 after a decade on the market
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I actually liked Windows 10 for some reasons.
I truly hate Windows 11 for numerous reasons.
I enjoy running Linux.
See you around, Windows. You broke up with me.
It is you, not me. I will not miss you much.
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I have a win10 machine, mostly for gaming. Then Proton happened, so that machine hasn't been turned on for nearly eight years now.
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7 was peak for me
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Tabs is file explorer is kinda the only nice thing about Windows 11, other than that after running a good script, you can make it like windows 10 in terms of bloat.
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Which is still quite a lot of bloat... Lol. You had to do significant work to get windows 10 down to windows 7 levels which were, IMO, acceptable.
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You can also use 0patch to continue to get security updates for Windows 10 if you find it's still a good fit.
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Just use MAS to activate ESU if you really want to keep Windows 10. It won't last forever, though. No need to go through some third party's update process.
Long term, it's worth switching to Linux, though. Microsoft isn't getting any better as a company, and Windows hasn't been getting any better over time as a product.
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Tell me more?
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Lookout Linux, here we come!
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Microsoft Activation Scripts has a method to activate three years of extended security updates on Windows 10 for free.
Bonus: Microsoft tech support has been repeatedly caught using these scripts to resolve support tickets for license issues. (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-support-cracks-windows-for-customer-after-activation-fails/)
Edit: If you go this route, please also see the FAQ entry here. There is currently a glitch with commercial ESU keys (which this uses) and Windows Update will continue to claim that your device will no longer receive security updates. This is also effecting W10 LTSC systems. However, you can verify that the license key is active through Command Prompt and instructions are given in the FAQ.
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I went this route for now. I bought some additional storage, and once I get some time, I plan on shuffling some files around and making a Linux partition. I was considering Mint, but think I'll try Bazzite instead.
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Lol if I was unlucky enough to be Microsoft tech support I'd probably run this on a customer machine too
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The icing on the cake is that the open-source MAS code is hosted on Github, which Microsoft owns. Between this and their support use, they're practically endorsing it!
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It's not a good solution, and I'm not recommending it, but if you absolutely have to stay on Windows 10, you can enroll in the extended security updates program to get you to next year:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows/extended-security-updates
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What can happen if I just keep my old pc on win 10 without the security updates. I mean, it's just a basic steaming / gaming and project archive computer. I already have backup of the important stuff.
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Exploit of vulnerabilities. Hackers continually try to break things. It could be a sketchy download, but also could just be a website you visit that sends certains packets to your PC that changes state of some other thing and then they inject the malware to monitor your passwords or banking session cookie or something.
If you never use that system for critical stuff you are probably OK, but if that system gets infected then the other devices on your home network will be the next target.
Might be worth trying bazziteOS with steam one day and adjusting Proton compatibility per game to see if you get all your titles working.
Luckily my steam library is all working with Linux, but I don't play triple A kernel anticheat games
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You can.
Question is "why"? Because these basic things you can do with Linux. And do it better, because Linux usually uses less resources.
And you get the needed security updates.
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I wonder just how many incentives it included to update...
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I browes websites, play NMS and pirate media. All of which can be done very well on any system. If I don't want to spen $5 on a movie what makes them think I'll spend hundreds on a new computer to keep using windows. I didn't I played around with several linux distros before my boss gifted me a Mac. I'm quite happy.
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The only reason I still have to have Windows on a spare drive is VR. I have a Vive Cosmos and as far as I can tell there is just flat out no support for Linux.
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I was big into VR before Microsoft decided my pc was too old, So i sold the my PC Vr gear and got a PSVR2. It fills the void mostly.
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"This was to be the last operating system ever."
I wonder if the one guy who said that still works at Microsoft. He's certainly given them plenty of headache.
The OS to end all OS... Mmhh, why does this sound so familiar?
Windows... Windows never changes.
It was. Now it's just AI-infused spyware.
And now we can't trust them whenever they say that again.
And indeed it was (the last OS by Microsoft).
Windows 11 does not operate and I doubt Windows 12 will either.