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If only there were some kind of alternative... I would call it "Linux"
Time to switch to linux, then.
Eight months to learn Linux is a LONG time. You’ll be fine.
WINDOWS MENTIONED.
#!/bin/bash
DEPLOY LINUX ARMY
Get off American monopoly tech. The desktop is the easiest.
A GNU/Linux desktop has endless advantages and doesn't include the anti-features.
Linux, in some form, runs a lot of your life already, even if you don't know it.
If your a tech, you really should deeply know Linux/UNIX anyway.
Too lazy to set up computer again. massgrave.dev will carry me for a few more years, and then it's time for a new build anyway.
Given the sloth's track record of the last several months it makes sense to steer clear of the shitshow
On my gaming PC I never signed up for any sort of Win10 extended support but it still wants to update regularly. Did they just give up and give the extended support to everyone?
I think you got the extra year just for signing in with an MS account
Put Linux on an old gaming laptop. Thing runs much better on Linux than Windows ever has.
Damn, that sucks. When does my Arch support end?
Nuance
Okay if you wanna get technical, some folks define support as meaning some sort of official paid support process, in which case there is none at all. But I feel like a funnier joke would be that Arch "support" lasts until there's any sort of update to any package you have.
I'd still be on 7 if they didn't non-consensually update my machine.
I walked into my room one day and my computer was in the middle of downdating from 7 to 10, without ever asking me. I held my breath and unplugged the thing from the wall. Luckily nothing happened and it booted back into 7 and I went in and removed every single notion of any update I could, short of physically opening my HDD and removing the physical sections of the platter. Ended up switching to 10 at 11pm on the night 7 ended support. Eh.
Use Linux, get freedom
The entire article is based on a false premise:
With ESU, you can still get security updates and minor fixes or improvements, but the catch is that extended support ends on October 13, 2026.
Not true, there are three years of ESU updates available.
Do you have a source for that? Everything including Microsoft itself I find tells me that free ESU support for private users will end in Oct 26. Do you mean some paid feature for companies or so?
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With how Microsoft are handling updates lately, no longer getting them might actually be a selling point
Honestly, its like they are fighting to drown the company. Microslop.
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