Post #500096

2025-05-18 06:34 UTC

Maybe you or somebody you know has a #Windows10 computer, which works perfectly fine, but will lose support on October 14 because it cannot be updated to Windows 11 for hardware support reasons. Please, do not turn the computer into unnecessary e-waste but keep using it and give it a new life by installing #Linux on it. There are plenty of advantages in doing so, the biggest one being it&#39;s waaaayyy cheaper. For more, see: https://endof10.org/ #EndOf10 #Windows #eWaste #sustainability

Replies (10)

@Ericthebeeover2@mastodon.au 2025-05-18 07:15

@DjityDjity@mastodon.social @waeiski@vis.social Same here, but on a huge 2012 iMac 😊🥰🥰❤️

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@my_actual_brain@fosstodon.org 2025-05-18 07:56

@waeiski@vis.social @dancingtreefrog@mastodon.social I’m close to being windows free too. But it comes at the cost of a Mac. My work requires windows or Mac. So it’s out of my hands, but I think a Mac is preferable over windows by a mile.

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@JohnDal@mastodon.green 2025-05-18 08:06

@waeiski@vis.social if only Adobe, Topaz et al created Linux implementations of their photography software! And please don't suggest using Linux equivalents as there's nothing that comes close to the functionality and easy workflow for my usage. So my main machine stays W11, the laptop and reserve machine are going Linux.

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@capnthommo@c.im 2025-05-18 09:24

@waeiski@vis.social and if you haven't seen the Linux light yet you'll learn, as I did, more about how the thing works and the FOSS community and computing than you did running windows.

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@codebyjeff@hachyderm.io 2025-05-18 10:16

@waeiski@vis.social why does everyone think people are going to stop using their Windows machines because Microsoft no longer supports it? Corporations rely on Microsoft for support. Everyone else uses the internet The computer will run for 10+ more years

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@Walrus@toot.wales 2025-05-18 10:35

@waeiski@vis.social I already run Linux Mint on my main computer. I'm not worried by the lack of Microsoft "support" for my second-hand Windows 10 laptop. I'm fairly confident I have prevented Microsoft from changing anything on it. It's two uses are:- 1/ Running an offline version of OneNote, the only Microsoft application I like. 2/ Updating the music on the old iPod I use in the car, using CopyTrans Manager instead of iTunes.

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@ocel@mastodont.cat 2025-05-18 14:51

@waeiski@vis.social I already did that on my son's computer, but I can't find an alternative to Rhinoceros, Autodesk or Adobe. Curious how locked in many people are

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@mistergibson@turtleisland.social 2025-05-18 17:00

@waeiski@vis.social I highly recommend Linux Mint for its superb hardware support. Cheers and be free

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@Longspeak@chirp.enworld.org 2025-05-18 20:51

@waeiski@vis.social Does this mean Windows 10 itself will stop working, or worse, force me to "upgrade" to Windows 11?

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@halva@labyrinth.zone 2025-05-19 13:00

@waeiski@vis.social i think a better solution would be to just use LTSC 2021 as it's going to be supported until 2027/2032 rather than make people relearn how to use a computer lol

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