I still can't believe that so many PCs are getting cut off from software updates. Its going to be a huge security issue. There will suddenly be millions of unsecured computers being actively used. I can imagine that this will be allowed to happen.

I think Microsoft is doing this because they want to make the ultimate spy network with copilot or what ever they are calling it now. I really need to figure out how to get a single work app to work on Linux reliably. I use it for like 99% of my work, so a virtual machine is kind of useless. I honestly think I will need to wait for a native version of the app to be developed and who knows if that will happen.

Many people speak about security risks because there will be no updates, but the solution is simple, you install Linux on a new partition and do all your networking from there, I use Windows for some programs and games and that's it

Ah their planned obsolescence lead to botnets that fuck every largo company... so that Microsoft gets looked at.

But the American way is to blame hundreds of thousands.. or even millions of individuals.

I use Linux at home but my work computer uses windows. Work just bought me a new laptop with windows 11 pre-installed and I got ads to upgrade to a new "AI capable computer" on the login screen. This computer is maybe 3 months old and there are already ads telling me I need to get a new one.

I say this in a lot of threads lately but, here I go again:

I’m so glad I swapped to linux

Micro$oft doesn't understand that these full-screen new Win11 PCs are actually Linux ads!

Why in the world did Sun make such business decisions that it killed itself?

FFS, instead of open sourcing this and that, and banking on high-end servers, they could have at least tried at desktops.

If anybody remembers what Sun's perception was in 2003, they could have been selling desktop machines for Apple prices and nobody would bat an eye.

If Sun were still alive, this wouldn't happen. I think.

EDIT:

LOL, I've just stumbled upon another Bill Joy's interview where he too says that Sun should have gone the consumer way as a priority.

Just imagine having a Solaris PC in year 2024, that is, now. ZFS with snapshots, Zones, and as easy to maintain as OpenBSD while insanely functional. Probably SPARC hardware without Intel bullshit.

And I like to think that Java applets would still be a thing, instead of HTML5 and stuff, with security problems solved and a more elegant Web.

NO

I love how they advertise it as they're doing you such a great big favor by allowing easy access to transferring files to the new system

Talk about creating a problem that way they can sell you the solution, they completely treat it as if they weren't the original cause of having everyone have to buy new systems for the next windows in the first place.

Duh ! Why you shouldn't? /J

I'm just curious how much more shitty they can make it. I laugh every time they announce some new "feature". Makes me appreciate Linux Mint more and more each time.

I don't need a new motherboard. TPM got accidentally turned off and I keep forgetting to turn it back on. Darn.

And it's worked on my brother in law who's announced he's buying new PCs for the whole family specifically to upgrade to 11. jFC.

Windows 10 LTSC currently has an EoL date of 2027-01-12.

No store, no cortana, much less bullshit in general.
LTSC is the only current windows version I even remotely consider having.