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Windows 10 LTSC – the version that won't expire for years (go.theregister.com)
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Can't run Windows 11? Don't want to? There are surprisingly legal options

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[–] Pirata@lemm.ee 57 points 1 day ago (62 children)

Why even bother at this point? Linux has become so good it's actually easier and more familiar to use than the clusterfuck that is windows 11.

[–] Tea@programming.dev 35 points 1 day ago (7 children)
  • To use Windows only and legacy software.
  • Some laptops don't support Linux due to missing drivers.
  • Some very old people hate change and would want to use windows 10 till the end of times, matter of fact I had seen a full office with about 5 desktops that is still running windows xp. (Spoiler alert:they got a ransomware 2 years ago.)
  • finally, Windows is idiot proof, meaning that it's kind of hard to ruin desktop windows during the normal operations. In comparison, a bad Linux update could fuck your boot loader beyond repair (it happened to me twice in fact, once on openSUSE tumbleweed and the other on Clear Linux).
[–] ModestCrab@lemmy.wtf 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Windows is idiot proof

Could we at least add more idiot support to system crashes?

Windows has a QR code for you to scan, you can make a personalized recovery drive so that it restores your computer, ctrl alt delete gives you options to click on.

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