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Windows 10 is EOL in October 2025 (lemmy.ml)

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Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025. The current version, 22H2, will be the final version of Windows 10, and all editions will remain in support with monthly security update releases through that date. Existing LTSC releases will continue to receive updates beyond that date based on their specific lifecycles.

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-10-home-and-pro

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[-] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago

Will they start supporting old CPUs? I couldn't install Windows 11 on my pre-gen-8 intel laptops, so I had to go with 10.

[-] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 4 points 5 months ago

Nope, but they will support Linux. All the users who do not want Windows 11, AI spying on them, or don't want to buy new hardware, will be going to Linux. So thank you in advance Microsoft, we appreciate it.

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[-] FemboyNB@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 5 months ago

Any guide on how to buy used laptops?

[-] twei@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 5 months ago

Buy what businesses buy in bulk (e.g. thinkpad x1)

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[-] xhieron@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Windows 10 LTSC 2021 ends support in 2027 (although it doesn't matter quite as much). And it's likely that the Win 11 LTSC later this year will necessarily be free from much of 11's bullshit. Linux is still the right call, but for those of us who need to run a Windows machine for whatever reason, there are alternatives, so, you know... yarr.

[-] zeppo@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I have an ancient PC with a nice video card, and it plays games from about five years ago quite well I haven’t felt a need to upgrade. Unfortunately, I play a couple games with kernel level anti-cheat stuff and I don’t think they will work with linux.

[-] Boozilla@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Assuming I still have my current job at that time, this is really going to suck for me. I have an old virtual PC runnning Windows 10 that I use once in a while to maintain some shitty old software. It was a giant PITA setting it up. I regularly back it up because of that.

Hopefully I can just continue using it, but I'll need to disconnect it from the internet somehow. Will still need some limited LAN access. I guess it will require some strict firewall rules. I know just enough about networking to muddle through...maybe.

[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

Put it on its own vlan behind a firewall and permit only what is required.

[-] MTK@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

WiNdOwS 10 wIlL bE tHe LaSt WiNdOwS

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

the last functional windows.

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[-] h4lf8yte@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

I am using windows on my desktop mainly for gaming and with proton even that wouldn't be necessary but there are times when you need to execute a windows binary and it would take less time to just use windows. So after october 2025 I will try to use KVM with PCI passthrough. I imagine another advantage will be to not have windows accessing my hardware and be able to snapshot the drives plus running all the windows traffic about my vpn without relying on software inside windows.

[-] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Controversial Take:

Windows 11 is actually decent

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[-] Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I'm dreading what will happen at work. I even paid for the Win11 upgrade on my personal desktop, used it for a month and then installed Mint and never looked back. Not being able to move the start bar is such a minor thing, but it's a great indicator of how locked down that PoS is and how little they care about what users want.

[-] Resol@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Hi, KDE. Can we be friends?

[-] Shape4985@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

We recommend moving to linux eheh (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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