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sanitation@lemmy.today to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

Microsoft quietly extends Windows 10's extra security updates program for free: Users can now stay on Windows 10 until October 2027 securely

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Microsoft quietly extends Windows 10's extra security updates program for free: Users can now stay on Windows 10 until October 2027 securely

www.windowscentral.com

sanitation@lemmy.today to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago
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Microsoft extends Windows 10 extended security updates program amid RAMpocalypse
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Windows 10's ESU program has been quietly extended by an extra year, now ending on October 12, 2027 instead of October 2026.
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  • SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world
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    Its because the entire government runs on 10.

    • Grey Cat@lemmy.world
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      30 days ago

      Governments would have payed the fees. It’s probably because something like a quarter of windows users are still on windows 10.

      • SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world
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        The government is 1/4 of Windows users.

  • whosepoopisonmybuttocks@sh.itjust.works
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    Giving everyone another year or so to get comfortable with Linux, I see.

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    They blinked first.

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    Seems like the threat to stop support was just a marketing ploy to get more people to the latest data harvest version OS

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    Or, you know, you could leave. Or get on an LTSC version. For my contractor laptop, I have Win 10 IoT LTSC.

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