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[-] nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Was already planning to switch to Linux but thanks for the deadline ✌️

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

libreoffice, however, will continue to support windows 10

[-] AnAmericanPotato@programming.dev 0 points 1 month ago

That's when Windows 10 stops getting security updates. Expect most software vendors to drop support for Windows 10 this year if they haven't already. That doesn't necessarily mean things will stop working, but it will not be tested and they won't spend time fixing Win10-specific problems.

In enterprise, you can get an additional three years of "extended security updates". That's your grace period to get everyone in your org upgraded.

While I strongly relate to anyone who hates Windows 11, "continue using Windows 10 forever" was never a viable long-term strategy.

Windows 10 was released in 2015. Ten years of support for an OS is industry-leading, on par with Red Hat or Ubuntu's enterprise offerings and far ahead of any competing consumer OS. Apple generally only offers three years of security updates. Google provides 3-4 years of security updates. Debian gets 5 years.

There has never been a time in the history of personal computing when using an OS for over 10 years without a major upgrade was realistic. That would be like using Windows 3.1 after XP was released. Windows 10 is dead, and it's been a long time coming.

Now go download Fedora.

[-] Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"continue using Windows 10 forever" was never a viable long-term strategy.

https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/7/8568473/windows-10-last-version-of-windows

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