Large tech companies aren’t known for their understanding of consent. Consider yourself one of the lucky ones that they actually asked you first.
Loo roll and lotion besides the computer.
At this point win 10 is discontinued, security updates have stopped haven’t they?
I get the hate for win 11 but it’s not a solution to stay at 10. You WILL get compromised.
11, Mac, or Linux. It’s an infuriating move but you have to choose, or get pwned and get your identity stolen.
massgrave.dev worked for me. I’m getting updates, most recently two days ago.
I installed pop os today. Really slick. Unfortunately i have a few things that aren’t linux supported and keep windows on dual boot. But oh boy, I can’t wait to give it the boot so hard. Linux is pretty cool and exciting for me, and i don’t really get everything yet.
Windows 10 and have hackers steal your identity, or Windows 11 and have MS steal your identity? It’s a real Occam’s disposable razor kind of decision
Win10 LTSC with the funny activation script gets you security updates until 2032, with no added garbage. That’s not viable for business owners, but should be fine for individuals.
I think some applications and drivers might have issues with Win10 after a few years.
That probably will be true at some point, but I use win10 LTSC as a stable platform to use apps incompatible with Linux until they have support (most notably VR). I’m also not using bleeding edge hardware.
Luckily Valve may already be solving the issue lol.
At this point win 10 is discontinued, security updates have stopped haven’t they?
That’s not really right. They are only discontinued for some editions, and only if you didn’t enable the extended security updates.
LTSC or Linux
a mistake to use win 10 in the first place
It’s fine. You can upgrade to Fedora as soon as it’s done.
I’m surprised it took 2 hours for Lemmy to recommend Linux. We’re getting sloppy
I was genuinely surprised it hadn’t been said yet.
Let the arguing about distro choice begin.
I feel like the only “good” distributions nowadays are Arch and NixOS (everywhere else, you become a construction worker every time you want a slightly niche program), while both having shitty stereotypes about users. And Arch currently only properly works on amd64. And NixOS’s model isn’t for everyone…
Fedora is a fine choice…
This is linux, you could just not install that.
In this case IBM is involved tangentially but enough that I fear interference. Fedora already is opt-out rather than opt-in to diagnostic feedback.
I am also concerned about the priorities of the person who posted that. The comments indicate somebody who isn’t willing to listen to the fact that basically every output in the article is wrong.
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed
Well we are talking about replacing windows, and I think the best drop-in replacement desktop environment for that is either Cinnamon or KDE. Thankfully Fedora has a version with KDE so we don’t have to argue!
