irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoEnd of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?endof10.orgexternal-linkmessage-square156fedilinkarrow-up1412arrow-down119
arrow-up1393arrow-down1external-linkEnd of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?endof10.orgirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square156fedilink
minus-squareUser79185@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·1 day agoMS is for a rude awakening when general populace will not update their hardware with record inflation.
minus-squareFreedomAdvocatelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 hours agoThose people will do what they always do, just keep using it without security updates.
minus-squareNot a replicant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoBe clear about it - you’ll still get Windows Defender updates, but not patches to the OS or MS applications/Utilities.
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·23 hours agoPeople will just keep using insecure windows 10 versions.
minus-squareNot a replicant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoJFC it doesn’t become a honeypot on November 1.
minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·21 hours agoOr, you know, Linux, and be done with the crap
minus-squareFreedomAdvocatelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 hours agoJust like they did when every other version of Windows stopped being supported. That’s why Linux has a 70%+ market share on computers right now…….
minus-squareTheFeatureCreature@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·14 hours agoThe general populace isn’t going to switch to Linux. They’re just not. The path of least resistance is to continue using Win10
minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 hours agoI’ll be doing both with Linux as my primary and Win10 as a compatibility fallback.
MS is for a rude awakening when general populace will not update their hardware with record inflation.
Those people will do what they always do, just keep using it without security updates.
Be clear about it - you’ll still get Windows Defender updates, but not patches to the OS or MS applications/Utilities.
People will just keep using insecure windows 10 versions.
JFC it doesn’t become a honeypot on November 1.
Or, you know, Linux, and be done with the crap
Just like they did when every other version of Windows stopped being supported. That’s why Linux has a 70%+ market share on computers right now…….
The general populace isn’t going to switch to Linux. They’re just not.
The path of least resistance is to continue using Win10
I’ll be doing both with Linux as my primary and Win10 as a compatibility fallback.