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Conselheiro@lemmygrad.ml to Technology@lemmygrad.ml · 1 day ago

Windows 10 end of support is coming soon. Now is a good time to start easing friends and relatives into installing linux

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Windows 10 end of support is coming soon. Now is a good time to start easing friends and relatives into installing linux

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Conselheiro@lemmygrad.ml to Technology@lemmygrad.ml · 1 day ago
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Lots of PCs are poised to fall off the Windows 10 update cliff one year from today
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Windows 10 is by far the most-used version of Windows, and support ends soon.

https://endof10.org/

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  • La Dame d'Azur@lemmygrad.ml
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    Let’s say someone (not me) wants to switch over from Windows 10 to Linux (definitely not me) but is too tech stupid (assuredly not me) to know how to do this.

    Can anyone possibly help this person (who is obviously not me) with doing this? I’m sure she (who is again not me) would be grateful.

  • Des [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    going to follow this guy’s process to extend another year without an account

    never going to 11. just need more time because I’m putting in a dedicated HDD for linux (maybe Pop, maybe mint, dunno yet) and need to do other work first

    kind of like it being nice to have a backup car if you are going to DIY your daily driver, I would like the cushion as I try out different linux builds. and don’t want to step up a driver fuckery dual boot so am just going to select boot drive directly from BIOS

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      I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

      • yewtu.be
      • inv.nadeko.net
      • yt.artemislena.eu
      • piped.video
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    It’s possible to already begin enrolling in the ESU program (Extended Security Update) for Win10 users, and even better, I believe there are still scripts that allow for an entirely free non-official approach - just for those who aren’t yet interested in learning an entirely new system from scratch or switching to the nightmarish, AI-infested Windows 11. Personally thinking of switching to Linux tho, another middle finger to the imperialist surveillance of silicon valley

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    From what I heard they extended the support to October 2026.

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-support-ends-on-october-14-2025-2ca8b313-1946-43d3-b55c-2b95b107f281

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    Lucky me just got roped in to supporting someone’s XP machine.

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    I’ve been trying to for over a year. They keep chickening out :(

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