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Lots of PCs are poised to fall off the Windows 10 update cliff one year from today (arstechnica.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Generally speaking that's ill-advised, antimalware tools rely on heuristics and active samples.

You don't wanna be the first person to get xyz virus. It's certainly better than nothing though.

Unless you have an app you can't live without Linux is the most accessible than it ever has been.

[โ€“] I_Miss_Daniel 4 points 2 months ago

As a heavy user of Playit Live, Excel with macros and Google Drive, I'm stuck in a Windows World for a while yet. The first two could maybe run in Boxes if I send the audio to a USB device.