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Gentle reminder to everyone that support for #windows10 ends in about 90 weeks. Many computers can't upgrade to Win 11 so here are your options: (mastodon.social)
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Gentle reminder to everyone that support for #windows10 ends in about 90 weeks. Many computers can't upgrade to Win 11 so here are your options:

  1. Continue on Win 10 but with higher security risks.
  2. Buy new and expensive hardware that supports Win11.
  3. Try a beginner friendly #Linux distro like #linuxmint. It only takes about two months to acclimate.

@nixCraft @linux @windowscentralbot

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[–] RealFknNito@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I don't get why people are removing support for Windows 10. Nobody likes Windows 11 and Windows 10 is the most popular operating system with no change of that in sight.

[–] chonkymaru@lemmy.ml 31 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I feel like it is by design. Windows 11 collects vastly more info about a user than Windows 10, or so I've read. There's probably better sources out there than this article, but I'm lazy right now.

https://www.techradar.com/news/is-windows-11-spying-on-you-new-report-details-eye-opening-levels-of-telemetry

[–] JustARegularNerd@aussie.zone 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Its interesting as I remember people saying the same thing between Windows 10 and Windows 7/8, and that they'd never move to Win10.

Not trying to discredit what you're saying of course, but the pattern is still there 9 years later

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Both can be true - everyone always hates on new Windows versions (usually for legitimate reasons) and Windows 11 captures and reports more telemetry.

[–] RealFknNito@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Oh I wouldn't doubt it but what really kept me from touching it was them "testing" putting advertisements in the file explorer. Hard fuckin pass.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Windows 10 is Windows 11 at this point (look at the UI and AI features)

[–] RealFknNito@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah they said that about Windows 8 too and I sat my happy ass on 7 until 10 came out.