Microsoft extends Windows 10 ESU for home users to October 2027, one year longer than planned. Here's the changes, the cost and how to enroll
  • HexesofVexes@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41 minutes

    Honestly, Microsoft may be full of arseholes, but moves like this at least one sane human works for the company.

    It takes balls to admit you fucked up , and this is one employee showing some balls.

    • dev_null@lemmy.mlEnglish
      26 minutes

      That’s one way of seeing it. Another is “if we kick them out of 10 and they are not willing to go to 11, they will switch to Linux or go Mac, we’d rather have them on 10 than not at all”

      • HexesofVexes@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15 minutes

        That carries more self-awareness than one can reasonably imply from vulture-capitalist shareholders.

  • Lucky_777@lemmy.worldEnglish
    58 minutes

    I know many people are pushing Linux but imagine having to train basic users on another OS after decades on Windows? It’s fine for your home lab, but blows ass for a windows shop

    • Skullgrid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      35 minutes

      IDK, some asshole recommended one of my elderly family members a chromebook, he can’t adapt to it, and lost the admin password. Windows 10 shoves shovelware and random updates on his computer confusing him anyway, do you really think LMDE is going to be that much harder to understand than having to explain to him where the fuck avast antivirus came from?

    • captcha_incorrect@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31 minutes

      I’d say it is worse trying to find replacement for software not available on Linux and trying to adjust/learn the new workflow when you do.

      On the other hand, a lot of software I wanted was primarily Linux, so that was nice when I switched.

  • bitjunkie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    58 minutes

    Odds there will be an official NVIDIA version of SteamOS by then?

  • m3t00🌎🇺🇦@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1 hour

    in a big windows network, local user accounts were in a group called l_users with restrictive policies. losers for short. normal windows users mostly clueless

  • Loce@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4 hours

    Nah, I’m good. Switched to Linux, and there’s no need for me to go back

  • humanamerican@lemmy.zipEnglish
    5 hours

    Gotta use a MS account on your computer though, so this is not a viable option for a lot of people

  • Wispy2891@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5 hours

    Weird, who doesn’t want to buy a new computer because reasons, in this economy

  • rikonium@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    4 hours

    massgrave gets you the updates without an MS account. I have it deployed on a couple machines.

  • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4 hours

    They know the moment Win10ESU ends, the year of the Linux Desktop begins. It’s already better for the most part, if only we had better debugging tools for Linux (GDB needs an actual GUI so badly, not just hack jobs on top of the CLI, often even DAB solutions are a bit underbaked).

    • lenocolomo@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4 hours

      Good way to go! And if you’re really technically ept and have no friends, don’t use arch but rather the average systemd-free glibc-free and ofc bloatless distro. That’ll get you occupied for a while.

  • melsaskca@lemmy.caEnglish
    9 hours

    I think it’s more that users can’t afford new hardware, even though win11 seems like a step backwards.

    • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      8 hours

      There’s also the point that game quality has gone down significantly. If I were to build a new rig which would cost me an arm and a leg, I would still just play games that my current PC can already run anyway. I don’t wanna play the newest CoD-slop or some tech-demo with MTX-shop disguised as a game. The newest games I really enjoyed were Monster Sanctuary (Unity-based monster collector metroidvania-like) and Balatro (no introduction necessary). A toaster can run these.

      • bandanawearingbanana@lemmy.worldEnglish
        46 minutes

        Don’t forget that not everyone uses their Pc for gaming. Most programs really don’t need Windows and since all of the office package can be used through the browser with no real difference in user xp there is no need to upgrade older hardeware that can just stay on Windows 10 or become a Linux system easily.

      • TheparishofChigwell@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4 hours

        DMZ 2 is coming though… I haven’t had fun like back when DMZ was playable. Not defending cod in any way other than DMZ is life

        • Jayjader@jlai.luEnglish
          5 hours

          Slay the Spire but with poker hands instead of medieval-fantasy-combat

  • Zephyr@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    10 hours

    Obligatory, here’s your sign to switch to Linux. For people who do nearly everything or everything online it’s a pretty easy switch.

  • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
    11 hours

    ohh thank fucking god. I hate windows, but not having a huge portion of the population ready to be infected is a good thing for everyone