Windows 10 support quietly extended until Oct 2027, as users reject Windows 11
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If you’re too lazy to switch to Linux like me, Windows 10 Enterprise IoT LTSC is supported until 2032 and free to download and permanently license..
As someone who is lazy, I find running Linux to be less work than fighting with Windows.
There's no struggle free OS, every OS has operations and processes that will need more detailed investigation, and hence read as "fighting with the operating system".
No design is intuitive to everyone, all the time, and in all situations. I'm sure Linux is fine, but let's be real, you know what I mean.
I'm glad that Linux is more intuitive to you than Windows. Good job finding it, and setting it all up 👍
Might not be a bad idea to start learning on a separate device though, so you'll be ready when 2032 hits.
(That's my current setup)
I'm going to try Steam OS on one of my laptops. See what that's like.
I suggest that you try Bazzite instead. As of now, SteamOS doesn't support Nvidia.
Oh I'm poor my laptop has AMD.
AMD is better than NVidia anyway
Bazzite also has a better package management system. SteamOS is meant for gaming almost exclusively, whereas Bazzite is meant for both.
I can chime in for Bazzite. It's imperfect, but I've blown up my fair share of aliens and they make playing your games on Linux really easy compared to anything else I've used. I can even stream the game from my desktop to a laptop in my bedroom via sunshine/moonlight which Bazzite helps you install as SteamLink doesn't play nice with Bazzite.
I don't think steamos is a great choice for a general purpose OS....yet
Probably not but maybe I'll be able to play a game. Old laptop. Old Games. New OS. See what happens.
Both bazzite and CachyOS are built for computers and will likely work better for a laptop than SteamOS. And they both have gaming focused builds. I haven't tried Bazzite in a while, but CachyOS has easy to understand instructions on how to install their gaming package.
Appreciate the suggestions, probs check them out afterwards. I just wanna do it for the shits n gigs
Totally understand that. I have tried a bunch of different Linux builds to see what I like. So certainly won't begrudge your explorations. And I haven't tried SteamOS on any of my machines because it didn't have a desktop build when I was last playing around with new builds. CachyOS has been great though. Everything works well on my machine, and its been easy to use as a daily driver.
11 iot is also available, and is void of nearly everything people hate about 11. it's good to 2035.
massgrave can activate 3 years ESU on regular Enterprise for people who want things IoT LTSC is missing, like WMR. I've got Enterprise alongside Bazzite and when the updates run out I'll either switch to IoT LTSC or nuke Windows altogether.
Doing the Lord's work!
For those of you who need a longer offramp to Linux like me and maybe haven't seen this posted before:
https://massgrave.dev/windows10_eol
You can activate any copy with support at least through 2028.
Came to say this, I'll add that its is a completely safe and free option.
Benefits over official methods:
Its FOSS so the entire script can be downloaded and read before you run it if you feel uncomfortable fetching some random script from the web and running it via terminal, as I did.
If you can run some random script in a terminal, you already know everything you need to in order to use Linux.
I wonder how many "users rejecting Windows 11" are people who refuse to replace perfectly good hardware just because it doesn't meet Windows 11's arbitrary requirements.
Especially now in the NANDpocalypse, like no way I'm upgrading my hardware.
Windows11 sucks so bad. I was so excited to learn that Explorer and Notepad were getting tabs & Paint was getting layers. Only to find out that these core features weren't being updated for users, but in the process of adding slop to the OS. Explorer was the worst, my address bar became an ad. And everything was buggy and broken.
And I know this isn't just the Linux fanboy line because Microslop themselves had to apologize and walk-back some of the Copilot obnoxiousness.
i pretty much expected it would get extended... and probably will one more time, to match the three extra years win7 got with its 'esu' sub.
They may need to extend it even further than that if PC prices haven't started coming back down by 2028.
I will have to search my comment history but I called this shit a fucking year ago!
Oh no it's windows XP all over again.
My "gaming rig" (more like toaster - it's not good and I am a poor loser) still runs Win7. Last defensible Windows version.
You know I'm starting to see this ESU as a subscription.
Too late, already jumped to Linux. My machine is noticeably faster doing everything now