Microsoft Is Giving Windows 10 Users Another Year of Security Updates
www.pcmag.com
Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) were supposed to end in October, but Microsoft now says the program will end on Oct. 12, 2027.

I bet they seen where people were switching to Linux. “Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) were supposed to end in October, but Microsoft now says the program will end on Oct. 12, 2027.”

  • jaschen306@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    12·
    1 day ago

    Thanks man. Windows get a bad rap and I bitch about it all the time, esp with what they are doing now with their copilot and shit. But at the end of the day, their shit works. Poorly, but works. And in my line of work, stability is the key metric.

    • undrwater@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 day ago

      If you had started on Linux, you’d have stability due to familiarity.

      Moving to something unfamiliar is HARD. Since I’m the nerd in the friend group, I’m sometimes tasked to address issues.

      Helping someone with a Windows 11 issue was hard, because all of the familiar tools I used in Windows 7 (the last version I spent a bunch of time on) had been moved or looked completely different. I was lost for a bit. I knew what the problem was, but I couldn’t figure out how to get to the tool to troubleshoot and fix.

      If you decide to try again, take it slow, and figure out how to fix issues as they arise. Once you become familiar, things get easier, I promise.

      • jaschen306@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        21 hours ago

        Maybe you’re right. My main GUI has always been Windows and I’m used to having apps that is more mainstream.

        But maybe it’s not just that I’m not familiar with Fedora.

        I am a developer with Linux racks at home. So I’m not unfamiliar with Linux. I’m quite familiar with CLI.

        I think the main point I’m making is that my system was crashing too much due to poor HW drivers. Even tho it’s really not the fault of Linux, it’s just too buggy to be running in production. At least the GUI isn’t ready. My Linux servers had been bulletproof.

        • undrwater@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          15 hours ago

          I can assure you my UI is stable. But only because I’m familiar with how to make it that way. Sometimes I break things because I like to learn how to fix them (I did that on Windows too).

          I agree with you, Linux servers are amazing. I have a NUC here running a bunch of services. I use Gentoo because it gives me a ton of flexibility to wander into unusual territories easily.

          Best to you!