this is literally E-waste
Reminds me what Spotify did with the Spotify car thingOr you can just keep using with with windows 11.
Just recycle that shit! Here’s my…and address where you can recycle it to…
Trade it in or recycle it with local organizations
And what are those organizations expected to install on systems that can’t support Windows 11, Microsoft? What are they expected to install exactly?
“But don’t learn about Windows 10 LTSC IoT!”
if i remember correctly, some ltsc versions will get updated until 2029
IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 - until 2032 - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-10-iot-enterprise-ltsc-2021
nice
One thing I would keep in mind is that the Win64 API does change from release-to-release and that my guess is that if very few people using a software package are still using a version of Windows, application software developers may stop intentionally avoiding newer API calls and features, and will just have their new release require a newer version of Windows.
That may be okay for some use cases, like if you just want to keep an existing system working. But I think that it’s worth keeping in mind that you may increasingly not be able to use:
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New software packages.
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Newer releases of existing packages.
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Software packages that make use of cloud-based services that drop support.
They’re probably going to take into account the percentage of people using the thing in setting their compatibility targets for developers and their testing.
Great advice. Here’s hoping the LTSC market share and user base noticeably increase once Win10 is no longer supported.
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“Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021” should be getting 10 years of updates, so until 2031.
Before you recycle your Windows 10 PC (or just switch to Linux and avoid wasting resources), keep in mind while Windows 10 22H2 is ending in 7 months, 21H2 LTSC Enterprise is still good for 1 year 10 months:
https://endoflife.date/windows
To download the 21H2 LTSC, go here:
https://archive.org/details/en-us_windows_10_enterprise_ltsc_2021_x64_202301
Then generate a free license key using the Ohook or KMS38 methods via PowerShell as explained here:
Disclaimer: I haven’t tried this myself so there may be some bugs/issues along the way. For my next laptop, I’m thinking about switching to Linux and specifically Ubuntu or Fedora, so this won’t really impact me
Ubuntu user here. I get glitches from time to time, and the newest update caused a more than small issue with booting. However, compared to the litany of glitches, bloatware, and user-anti-interface of Windows, I’ll sing the praises of Ubuntu all day long. Even the few games I play, like Cyber Punk, run perfectly.
I mean, what do you expect them to say?
“Time to install Linux, here’s how you chose a kernel:”
If I was responsible I’d learn about that stuff now but that sounds like an October 13 problem tbh
Innit 😂
Get that dual boot going, you can learn now and switch later.
I got a dual boot going so I could try Linux and have a windows fallback. Mint went so smoothly for me I never used my windows boot.
Same. I took the plunge a few weeks ago and have been super happy. Got my wife switched over too, now just my kid is left
You’re right, I was just reluctant because my PC is really old and I was worried adding more stuff would just make it even more sluggish.
I asked my favorite AI and it told me not only was that wrong, but the opposite is probably true lol
What is October 13, besides being the day before my birthday?
Oct 14 is last day of support for security updates without paying extra.
Maybe they were referring to the Microsoft Halloween documents? Which were leaked on October 31 and was basically a manifesto against FOSS in general and specifically against Linux calling it “communist” software.
On the one hand, rare Microsoft w to help users transition to their competitor.
On the other, they kinda yadda yadda over probably the biggest and most important part: choosing which of the billion distros is best for your needs and preferences…
Why does this exist lol
something something windows ltsc versions
Infuriating for sure. People can’t afford groceries or rent and Microsoft chooses to ride in with a, by the way, your computer needs to go, just buy a new one, k?
Try Linux on it, specifically have a crack at raspberry pi os first. https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/ . See the section for Raspberry pi desktop for PC and mac .
Ah, got a little bit worried there, no linux propaganda in a whole bunch of replies!
Mint is so cool BTW, it’s like XP/Seven, it just works.
Just switched to Linux Mint. So worth it
“Trade it”
TO FUCKING WHOM? The whole point is that you made it useless.
(Unless this is Microsoft providing some free advertising for Linux)
SELL IT TO WHO, BEN? AQUAMAN???
My thoughts exactly. Didn’t think anybody would get the reference.
Trade it in.
In other words, someone may be willing to pay you for parts, rather than you just getting nothing for it (recycling).
They are not going to recommend you use an alternative OS, and probably not because they’re worried about market share, but because they then have some responsibility for every time a person fucks up a Linux install.
In other words, someone may be willing to pay you for parts,
Except for the parts that Windows obsoleted. Not saying that they’re valueless, but they certainly tanked the value of otherwise useful parts.
Probably going to be a ton of cheap used computers on the market in the near future for installing Linux on
Every now and then a little devil on my shoulder says “you should set up a cluster computer that serves a secondary function as a smart space heater” and it’s gonna be really hard to ignore if the deals are good enough.
The prices have already been cratering for anything with 7th gen and older Intel CPUs. Full systems seem to be under $100 now where just a year or two ago they were around $200 or more
Oh good. My PC is actually 11 years old. The hard drive died a few months ago. So I replaced the 3.5inch sata 7200rpm drive with an enclosure that holds 2 2.5inch drives. I’m using solid state for the first time. I was able to clone my Windows 7 drive to a solid state drive. It works even better than the original drive.
But! That enclosure makes it so that I can just turn off the PC, eject the drive, insert a different drive, and now I’m on an entirely different OS. It’s my first time using linux…it still sucks, but it’s useable. Last time I tried linux was right before I bought this PC 11 years ago. I tried using linux on a PC that previously was running Windows XP. I couldn’t even get it to boot. Now things generally work, but it has BEEN a constant struggle, and a constant learning experience.
You’re… Still running windows 7?
I for one will be looking forward to getting mid-spec PCs dirt cheap.
I upgraded to Windows 11 it’s not that bad.
Honestly it is better than Windows 10. When it first launched it was bad but now that it has been a few years it is much better.
Bro, my win11 family gaming machine can’t even properly display the game icons or open the file explorer
I dunno what to tell you mate I haven’t had any problems gaming on Windows 11.
I dunno what to tell you mate some of us need our PCs to work for us without breaking or spying on us.
I was forced to downgrade my computer from 10 to 11 and it’s absolutely garbage. It’s a literal downgrade in almost every way.
One of my win11 machines can’t even open the file explorer. It worked right up until I got an ‘update’, and I’ve been unable to open it since. Got to access all my files through the command line now, which, I mean, I can do, but it’s still a PITA.
This is incredibly infuriating and I’d honestly consider it ecoterrorism and abusive.
