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7 Days by Doug85GT
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Windows 10 supports ends in 7 days. Most Windows users are still using Windows 10. I am waiting with interest to see what happens.

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I still occasionally use Win7 online and have had no repercussions.
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Microsoft is quickly moving towards a path where I'll likely no longer want to use their services.

More and more they're trying to "own" what I do, by forcing me to create a Microsoft account just to use their tools, and to log into my computer. It's becoming increasingly more difficult to just have a stand-alone operating system that doesn't require you to have some kind of management account somewhere in the cloud.

I've used Linux variants in the past, RHEL and Ubuntu to name a couple... I'll switch to that if Windows eventually does away with local accounts.
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Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:

I've used Linux variants in the past, RHEL and Ubuntu to name a couple... I'll switch to that if Windows eventually does away with local accounts.

Switch to Debian and run Windoze in a VM, for those times you feel like you must be a tool of the establishment.


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Originally posted by RWDPLZ:

1 year and 7 days.

https://www.microsoft.com/e...ndows/end-of-support



Thanks. I obviously missed the year. Did MS move it back because I thought it was supposed to happen this year?
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Originally posted by williegoat:

Switch to Debian and run Windoze in a VM, for those times you feel like you must be a tool of the establishment.




+1

I went with Mint when I built my new main machine last year. The only thing keeping me on Windows was gaming. I found that I could play all of the games I was currently playing on Linux thanks to Steam's Proton.

I also keep a couple of Win11 VMs for a few things that don't have a Linux counterpart such as my proprietary keyboard configuration software. I was pleasantly surprised at how well KVM Qemu works. I had used Virtual Box before and expected a big performance hit. I can't tell the difference between running my VMs in KVM and it just being native.
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