[HN Gopher] Windows 10 begins one-year countdown to end of support
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       Windows 10 begins one-year countdown to end of support
        
       Author : LorenDB
       Score  : 27 points
       Date   : 2024-10-14 20:05 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.theregister.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theregister.com)
        
       | anakaine wrote:
       | Its so disappointing to see Win 10 getting sunsetted. It's been
       | hands down the best Windows OS experience for mem, and I've been
       | onboard since 3.1. I've had the displeasure of having to interact
       | with Windows 11, both pro and home, recently, and it feels half
       | baked in so many ways.
        
         | tester756 wrote:
         | Seriously?
         | 
         | Except having to revert right click context menu and worse task
         | bar I don't see bigger differences except more beautiful UI
        
           | CrimsonCape wrote:
           | Microsoft expects a large number of Windows 10 users to
           | abandon their computer and purchase a new one. "Having a PC"
           | versus "not having a PC" is a pretty big difference.
        
             | tester756 wrote:
             | They will force laptop refresh cycle
        
         | zeusk wrote:
         | Well, you will always feel it with most software out there - we
         | no longer track development cycles on specific large releases.
        
       | Terr_ wrote:
       | If I can just hold out until some new local-maxima of Microsoft's
       | wavering quality...
       | 
       | Between them removing administrative controls and the lowest-
       | common-denominator tabletization of the UI, I need to look harder
       | at putting it in a VM or doing plain old dual-boot. (For a gaming
       | machine, so that imposes some minimal ties to the ecosystem.)
        
         | NamTaf wrote:
         | It really doesn't, absent a few key games. I've just built a
         | new gaming PC and I've gone straight with Arch. I was worried
         | the compatibility I experienced with the steam deck may be
         | isolated to the steam deck but it's shocking how far it's come.
         | 
         | Is it perfect? No, of course not. But my god it definitely is
         | good enough to cut myself free of MS's terrible decision-making
         | the last 5ish years.
        
         | ThrowawayTestr wrote:
         | Just wait a few more years for Windows 11.1 and hope the
         | pattern of every other release being good holds true
        
       | DrStartup wrote:
       | Looking forward to Linux for my gaming box
        
         | ThrowawayTestr wrote:
         | Steam OS can't come soon enough
        
       | namaria wrote:
       | A local IT shop still has a poster up urging people to hire them
       | to update their PCs from Windows 7 to 10 when its EOL was around
       | the corner...
        
       | lostemptations5 wrote:
       | Linux in my near future...
        
         | jdboyd wrote:
         | Why not byte the bullet and just go Linux now?
        
       | petra wrote:
       | There is still windows 2019 LTSC with 5 year support.
        
       | aucisson_masque wrote:
       | Good bye old friend, you will be remembered for your start menu
       | bloated with candy crush saga and the uninterruptible update
       | whenever the computer felt like.
        
         | glouwbug wrote:
         | Still missing XP with the classic 98 theme
        
       | tlhunter wrote:
       | Hopefully we get SteamOS by then.
        
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