Post AtPBwk7cHGylnNL4AS by saliaku@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AtPAxqGaoiWhBkUuv2 by cstross@wandering.shop
2025-04-23T12:41:51Z
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How to stay on Windows 10 instead of installing Linux (by @lproven): Turns out that Microsoft will support Windows 10 until 2032 *if* you can live without their cloud and AI bullshit: just download/install an obscure version aimed at corporate clients who want long-term support:https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/22/windows_10_ltsc/?td=rt-3a(I'm a macOS/Linux guy, but if I had an old Win10 box and wanted to avoid Windows 11 and Recall this would be a great way forward)
(DIR) Post #AtPAxr4vnYnBhs37Ng by oheso@ieji.de
2025-04-23T14:14:43Z
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@cstross @lproven I have access to that obscure LTS version (it's not obscure if you're corporate / educational). But the vendors of our accounting software are going to require Windows 11 from this summer so ...
(DIR) Post #AtPAxs2qCoiMhg4xlI by lproven@social.vivaldi.net
2025-04-23T14:43:36Z
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@oheso @cstross Ye gods. I'd be looking for new accountancy software vendors, then. Anyone unable to support the MS corporate-LTS-product variant is... at the very least, seriously questionable. A former professional manager of fleets of corporate Windows PCs speaking here, incidentally.
(DIR) Post #AtPAxt16akv7iaH5hA by cstross@wandering.shop
2025-04-23T14:46:32Z
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@lproven @oheso I would *LOVE* to see the EU legislate that "long term support" means NOT LESS THAN 30 YEARS, and *ALL* operating system public releases must be supported for AT LEAST five years, with massive, company-destroying fines *or* loss of copyright and patent rights to the product as penalties for non-compliance.
(DIR) Post #AtPAxtzixNPSkadVBI by gentoobro@shitpost.cloud
2025-04-24T04:38:52.702910Z
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This is all nonsense that wouldn't work. Here's what will: Anything that runs in ring 0 or below must be AGPL. OS, drivers, bios, firmware, everything.
(DIR) Post #AtPBwk7cHGylnNL4AS by saliaku@mastodon.social
2025-04-23T14:44:43Z
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@cstross @lproven people should start using open source operating system like GNU/linux in my opinion. I am a college student and I have been using it for the past 3 years without any compromise to my productivity..
(DIR) Post #AtPBwl9mQiIv0NMJBA by cstross@wandering.shop
2025-04-23T14:49:00Z
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@saliaku I take it you don't do business with any corporations who require specific proprietary file formats (or you don't get paid). And you don't have a job where the best tools by a very long way only run on proprietary OS's.Typical student thinking: alas, the grown-up world doesn't work like academia.
(DIR) Post #AtPBwmIKCQjWXAMe8W by sicp@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-04-24T04:49:54.743635Z
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@cstross @saliaku > you don't do business with any corporations who require specific proprietary file formats (or you don't get paid)> you don't have a job where the best tools by a very long way only run on proprietary OS'ssounds like you're the sucker here, man