Microsoft extends Windows 10 ESU for home users to October 2027, one year longer than planned. Here's the changes, the cost and how to enroll
    • toddestan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2 hours

      As someone who is lazy, I find running Linux to be less work than fighting with Windows.

      • DarkCloud@lemmy.worldEnglish
        58 minutes

        There’s no struggle free OS, every OS has operations and processes that will need more detailed investigation, and hence read as “fighting with the operating system”.

        No design is intuitive to everyone, all the time, and in all situations. I’m sure Linux is fine, but let’s be real, you know what I mean.

        I’m glad that Linux is more intuitive to you than Windows. Good job finding it, and setting it all up 👍

        • Zarobi@aussie.zoneEnglish
          29 minutes

          Yeah exactly. I set up Zorin OS for my family who are not tech savvy at all. It was a bit different at first but they said they felt much “calmer” using Linux. Modern Windows feels like trying to read an article online or watch a YouTube video without an ad blocker.

    • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2 hours

      Might not be a bad idea to start learning on a separate device though, so you’ll be ready when 2032 hits.

      (That’s my current setup)

    • Canaconda@lemmy.caEnglish
      2 hours

      I’m going to try Steam OS on one of my laptops. See what that’s like.

      • Mereo@piefed.caEnglish
        2 hours

        I suggest that you try Bazzite instead. As of now, SteamOS doesn’t support Nvidia.

        • njordomir@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1 hour

          I can chime in for Bazzite. It’s imperfect, but I’ve blown up my fair share of aliens and they make playing your games on Linux really easy compared to anything else I’ve used. I can even stream the game from my desktop to a laptop in my bedroom via sunshine/moonlight which Bazzite helps you install as SteamLink doesn’t play nice with Bazzite.

        • Canaconda@lemmy.caEnglish
          2 hours

          Probably not but maybe I’ll be able to play a game. Old laptop. Old Games. New OS. See what happens.

          • just2look@lemmy.zipEnglish
            1 hour

            Both bazzite and CachyOS are built for computers and will likely work better for a laptop than SteamOS. And they both have gaming focused builds. I haven’t tried Bazzite in a while, but CachyOS has easy to understand instructions on how to install their gaming package.

            • Canaconda@lemmy.caEnglish
              1 hour

              Appreciate the suggestions, probs check them out afterwards. I just wanna do it for the shits n gigs

              • just2look@lemmy.zipEnglish
                1 hour

                Totally understand that. I have tried a bunch of different Linux builds to see what I like. So certainly won’t begrudge your explorations. And I haven’t tried SteamOS on any of my machines because it didn’t have a desktop build when I was last playing around with new builds. CachyOS has been great though. Everything works well on my machine, and its been easy to use as a daily driver.

    • adarza@piefed.caEnglish
      2 hours

      11 iot is also available, and is void of nearly everything people hate about 11. it’s good to 2035.

    • ryper@lemmy.caEnglish
      2 hours

      massgrave can activate 3 years ESU on regular Enterprise for people who want things IoT LTSC is missing, like WMR. I’ve got Enterprise alongside Bazzite and when the updates run out I’ll either switch to IoT LTSC or nuke Windows altogether.

  • DigDoug@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1 hour

    I wonder how many “users rejecting Windows 11” are people who refuse to replace perfectly good hardware just because it doesn’t meet Windows 11’s arbitrary requirements.

    • 5oap10116@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10 minutes

      Yeah my 8yr old comp was built to be top of the line at the time and it still rips on non-current AAA games. Any upgrade aside from gpu at this point would mean a new mobo and essentially a wholesale. Fuck that

    • pulsewidth@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1 hour

      Came to say this, I’ll add that its is a completely safe and free option.

      Benefits over official methods:

      • zero cost (don’t pay MS $10)
      • no need to format to install LTSC
      • no need for a Microsoft account (keep your privacy if you have local only account)

      Its FOSS so the entire script can be downloaded and read before you run it if you feel uncomfortable fetching some random script from the web and running it via terminal, as I did.

      • OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
        50 minutes

        if you feel uncomfortable fetching some random script from the web and running it via terminal

        If you can run some random script in a terminal, you already know everything you need to in order to use Linux.

  • toiletobserver@lemmy.worldEnglish
    53 minutes

    Too late, already jumped to Linux. My machine is noticeably faster doing everything now

  • yesman@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2 hours

    Windows11 sucks so bad. I was so excited to learn that Explorer and Notepad were getting tabs & Paint was getting layers. Only to find out that these core features weren’t being updated for users, but in the process of adding slop to the OS. Explorer was the worst, my address bar became an ad. And everything was buggy and broken.

    And I know this isn’t just the Linux fanboy line because Microslop themselves had to apologize and walk-back some of the Copilot obnoxiousness.

  • adarza@piefed.caEnglish
    2 hours

    i pretty much expected it would get extended… and probably will one more time, to match the three extra years win7 got with its ‘esu’ sub.

    • ryper@lemmy.caEnglish
      2 hours

      They may need to extend it even further than that if PC prices haven’t started coming back down by 2028.

  • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    1 hour

    My “gaming rig” (more like toaster - it’s not good and I am a poor loser) still runs Win7. Last defensible Windows version.