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'End of 10' to Windows 10 Users: The Environment Wants You to Use Linux (fossforce.com)
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It’s almost like the good ol’ days of install fests and the like! ‘End of 10’ is an organization that’s making it easy for Windows 10 users with computers that can’t upgrade to Windows 11, to install Linux instead of sending good hardware to the landfill.

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[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago (10 children)

Quick question. I have a studio pc running win 10, with dozens of audio and video projects. It's basically impossible to transfer to Linux, macOs or even win 11 since it involves a ton of audio plugins, etc. and my projects would become unsable.

What does end of supports involve for me? I actually disable updates and a while back since it was sometimes screwing things up. My most recent projects are done either on my M1 mac (work thing) or my most recent.Linux station on Nobara. Should I be worried about anything? Should I disconnect my old studio pc from the internet to avoid it being fucked by microsoft?

[–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago

or even win 11 since it involves a ton of audio plugins, etc. and my projects would become unsable.

Have you looked into this? Because Windows 11 is so much Windows 10 with a UI change that they didn’t even update the NT number.

Like, Windows 2000 was NT 5, and XP, which was very similar to 2000, was NT 5.1.

But Windows 11 isn’t NT 10.1, it’s still NT 10.

At their core they’re very similar. I’d be shocked if something designed for 10 wouldn’t work with 11.

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