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'End of 10' to Windows 10 Users: The Environment Wants You to Use Linux (fossforce.com)
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It’s almost like the good ol’ days of install fests and the like! ‘End of 10’ is an organization that’s making it easy for Windows 10 users with computers that can’t upgrade to Windows 11, to install Linux instead of sending good hardware to the landfill.

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[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Quick question. I have a studio pc running win 10, with dozens of audio and video projects. It's basically impossible to transfer to Linux, macOs or even win 11 since it involves a ton of audio plugins, etc. and my projects would become unsable.

What does end of supports involve for me? I actually disable updates and a while back since it was sometimes screwing things up. My most recent projects are done either on my M1 mac (work thing) or my most recent.Linux station on Nobara. Should I be worried about anything? Should I disconnect my old studio pc from the internet to avoid it being fucked by microsoft?

[–] krakenx@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Once updates end in October, Windows 10 won't be secure and probably shouldn't be allowed to connect to the internet. It will still continue to function though. You can buy a year of extended support for Windows 10 for $30, but it's unclear whether there will be support after that.

Probably best to start switching to something else, or plan to run that PC offline.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

That seems silly to be running offline. There are some businesses that still run windows 98. So why would windows 10 suddenly be way off worse ?

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