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Microsoft stealthily installs Windows 10 update to nag you to upgrade to Windows 11 – and not for the first time (www.techradar.com)
submitted 3 days ago by ForgottenFlux to c/technology
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  • A new patch is being quietly pushed to Windows 10 (and 11) PCs
  • It’ll force upgrades in certain circumstances to keep the PC in support
  • This update will mean more nag prompts coming to your PC
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'll keep running W10 on my current machine, but when I build the next one I'm very seriously considering going Linux. My only concern is that many of the software I use regularly don't have Linux versions.

[–] werefreeatlast 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

And also every piece of software you use in Linux has to have some form of backing from the community or it dies. That said there have been well supported softwares over the years that are still here with us and support everything you did with them for 20 years or longer. Sometimes you just gotta open an old file with an old version of the software so you can bring it up to date.

I'm just saying that the software is different, does different things, Acts differently and is differently supported than windows. It also does differently. As an example or recent memory...scyncthing, the crazy cool backup thing is now "dead" because nobody gave money to the developer and he got tired of putting up with Google and Android. Scyncthing-fork came from it and who knows if anyone is going to keep using that. I'm migrating to a gui-less tool called rsync. Yeah, stuff can die overnight. But it keeps running for a few years, you just gotta remember to jump ship ⚓🚢. Linux is for those who like the adventure or support the software.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Wait what, Syncthing is dead? But it's what I use!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Only the android client, just use the fork I think he updated before the official one did anyway. Still it's another case of Google constantly changing the rules on developers for no reason.

[–] werefreeatlast 2 points 2 days ago

I know, surprise!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Why not timeshift?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I wanna do that ngl same concern.
But I managed to run affinity on wine which is great.