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Windows 10 only has a year of support: 12 months left to keep Copilot off your desktop or learn Linux (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 2 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] proceduralnightshade@lemmy.ml 33 points 2 months ago (2 children)

There's Windows 10 LTSC, which gets security updates til 2027. And IoT Enterprise LTSC, which gets security updates until 2032.

"But should you even use those versions?!? They are not meant to be installed on a desktop PC/laptop" - idk, it's either this or Win11.

For more info on how to install, check https://massgrave.dev/windows_ltsc_links

[–] ililiililiililiilili@lemm.ee 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

For what its worth: I've been running enterprise since 2015 (when it was called LTSB) then switched to LTSC IoT around 2021. Its fantastic and doesn't have all the Candy Crush and other bullshit. I highly recommend.

[–] magic_smoke@links.hackliberty.org 6 points 2 months ago

That plus open shell is what windows 10 should have been.

[–] SailorMoss@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My biggest concern for using the LTSB IoT is how long third-party application support will remain if Microsoft goes through with dropping support next year. I guess a lot of stuff still works under Windows 7 so maybe it will be fine?

I don’t expect but also won’t be surprised if it ends up being a Windows XP situation where they extend support for Windows 10 several times.

[–] doctortran@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

I don’t expect but also won’t be surprised if it ends up being a Windows XP situation where they extend support for Windows 10 several times.

They absolutely will, and they're planning on this, they're just not going to announce the true EOL date. The deadline will scare people into upgrading, then they'll start extending it.

[–] grubbyweasel@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Guys there's countless tools out there for removing bloat and telemetry and tweaking the UI. it takes like fifteen minutes to make windows 11 completely acceptable for daily usage

[–] doctortran@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The problem is there are many things you can't disable, remove, or alter, and that will continue to get worse over time.

Just because some bullshit is listed in Winaero Tweaker or whatever as an option to disable doesn't mean all the bullshit in the system is listed there.

[–] grubbyweasel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

but don't you lose gaming performance if you're running newer hardware (I guess this might not matter to you)

[–] proceduralnightshade@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What do you mean by that? You don't lose gaming performance when you use win10 over win11. Why would you?

[–] grubbyweasel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Man I could swear there was something. I thought it was DirectX12 that was exclusive to 11 but googling tells me im wrong. Maybe I've been on win 11 for no reason this whole time haha