Windows 10 support quietly extended until Oct 2027, as users reject Windows 11
2026-06-25 22:28 UTC
Replies (16)
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@wuffah@lemmy.world 2026-06-25 22:42
If you’re too lazy to switch to Linux like me, Windows 10 Enterprise IoT LTSC is supported until 2032 and free to download and permanently license.
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@mynameisbob@lemmy.ml 2026-06-26 03:01
I hate windows but it is clear that 10 is better than 11. I love linux doe… like that whole thing with recall… if you are using windows let me fuck your wife.
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@rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-06-26 02:06
I jumped ship over to Linux just in time then. 10 was bad, but serviceable and it got more stable in EOL. They’re going to ruin it even more with slop
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@Egonallanon@feddit.uk 2026-06-25 23:20
Oh no it’s windows XP all over again.
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@NekoKoneko@lemmy.world 2026-06-25 23:10
For those of you who need a longer offramp to Linux like me and maybe haven’t seen this posted before: massgrave.dev/windows10_eol You can activate any copy with support at least through 2028.
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@Binturong@lemmy.ca 2026-06-26 01:57
NO, it will only be hurt by updates, win 10 has been more stable than ever since they fucked off to molest and ruin windows 11 with AI slop.
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@flamekhan@lemmy.world 2026-06-26 04:56
I booted an old win 10 laptop the other day to see if it still worked. It has a GPU so I thought it might be nice for a few light games while I travel. Immediately started screaming about updates and all the normal windows stuff. I booted to Bazzite from a flash drive and had it installed in like 20 minutes. Runs like a dream now. It’s amazing to see what that old hardware can do without Windows choking it. It’s so easy now to run an option that doesn’t suck.
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@DigDoug@lemmy.world 2026-06-25 23:21
I wonder how many “users rejecting Windows 11” are people who refuse to replace perfectly good hardware just because it doesn’t meet Windows 11’s arbitrary requirements.
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@SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-06-26 05:36
Gat dayum Microslop fucked up. They fucked up so hard, they still don’t know how bad they fucked up. The done goofed. Done screwed the pooch. This desperation ain’t nothing. Give it time. It’ll just get tastier.
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@Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-06-26 05:56
One more year… ;-D
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@Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2026-06-26 05:22
As the RAM apocalypse continues to plague all of us, it’s only fair for users to continue using the more efficient Windows 10, instead of the memory-hogging Windows 11. Win 10 isn’t even that memory efficient and still slams the heck out of plattered disks. Not that I recommend an HDD over an SSD for boot drives, but it was usable up to Win 8.1, and even today with Linux.
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@Curious_Canid@piefed.ca 2026-06-26 02:58
I recently upgraded to Windows 11. I’ve been putting it off, but there are a few apps I need that simply do not work under 10 anymore. Bleah. I’ve been using it on a work machine for several years, but I am still surprised at just how much it sucked to switch from 10. My personal setup has been heavily customized over many years to suit my particular needs and wants. More than half of that customization is no possible under 11. There are workarounds for a few pieces of it, but even those are unlikely to remain stable and functional for very long. Microsoft is constantly changing things that cause unsupported features to break. So I now have a slower, less reliable, less versatile, and less configurable software environment. It also conducts far more surveillance and sends even more information about me to Microsoft. There is not one single way in which this could be considered an upgrade, except by Microsoft’s shareholders. I’m going to set up dual boot with Zorin. That will allow me to boot into Windows 11 for the few things I need that will only run in that environment. The remaining 99.9% of the time I will just run Linux. (I already know Linux pretty well, I just haven’t run it as my primary desktop.) I suspect my next project will be replacing my Android phone’s OS with something less invasive.
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@lechekaflan@lemmy.world 2026-06-26 06:43
Install Linux, Problem Solved.
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@auzy1@lemmy.world 2026-06-27 02:10
Sorry, but this sounds like its half bs. It probably has less to do with “rejecting” or anything to do with RAM, and more likely to do with all the embedded systems running it, or lazy people who don’t upgrade simply because they don’t need to I know lots of people running old versions of Mac OS, and it is because their hardware doesn’t support newer, and it works fine for their usecase. They’re not thinking about the hardware in any way. In fact, in contrast to MacOS, Microsoft actually offers this extended support option, whereas Apple tells its users to get f’ed fairly quickly (yet another reason NOT to use MacOS / Apple. You pay a premium for hardware they often don’t support for long). Also, Ubuntu offers 15 years now support for LTS (which is crazy). I use Fedora btw.
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@Graphiar@lemmy.zip 2026-06-27 04:11
Still using Windows 10, but after testing out Linux on the side last year I’ve come to the conclusion it’s ready. Other than anti-cheat being in the shitter once Win 10 is officially dropped for good by games I’m moving over to Arch.
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@tonytins@pawb.social 2026-06-27 05:51
It’s like XP all over again.