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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)
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[–] ililiililiililiilili@lemm.ee 17 points 1 month 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 1 month ago

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

[–] SailorMoss@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month 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 1 month 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.