Thread 941107227

Only a few hours left, anon.
What is your decision?

linux

>>941107279
Which one?

>>941107227 (OP)
I have an OEM copy of win7 for just such an occasion. Most of the drivers are compatible and I might lose a tiny bit of functionality that I wont notice. lol.

Also I heard that Bill Gates never vaccinated his kids.

>>941107227 (OP)
>Only a few hours left, anon.
Nothing will immediately happen. It just will no longer be supported with further updates. Which isn't really a bad thing anyway because it means no more forced reboots without my consent.

>>941107227 (OP)
my windows 10 installation is fucked anyway and takes 9 minutes to boot on an m2. I will reinstall the LTSC version. As for my thinkpad laptop, i planned to dualboot xfce mint anyway to preserve resources and brittle laptop battery and hardware.

mac

>>941107227 (OP)
I’m just going to build a new pc anyways, the timing is nothing short of predominant.

>>941107227 (OP)
Windows 10 has a one year Extended Security Update arrangement here in the UK and throughout the European Union.
Don't know whether the same applies in the USA or elsewhere around the world.

>pic unrelated
[Slava Ukraini]

I only use Windows at work
Is 11 really so bad?

>>941107227 (OP)
they aren't implying that you won't be able to upgrade.
they just won't give you updates... unless you're an EU citizen, in which case you get extended updates for a year.

and as for "Windows 11 (during setup) won't allow you local accounts anymore"
keep a Windows 10 setup. You can then update from that to Windows 11.

>>941107812
it's annoying. usability-wise it's a downgrade.
the "new" explorer context menu hides all the useful shit.
the taskbar will no longer properly highlight the currently active window. it'll only put a short colored dash under the icon. this is much harder to spot.
the shit goes on and on.
but at least the taskbar's clock area now can show you the seconds.

>>941107812
It has some bullshit but you can change/get used to it relatively easy.
The big problem is that it requires your computer to have a TPM 2.0 chip which plenty of relatively modern machines don't have. So for a lot of people, it's either buying a new PC for no real reason, sticking with an unprotected OS, or switching to Linux.

>>941108063
can you import the win7 explorer executable, and does it work?

>>941107227 (OP)
Ok, redpill me on what would ACTUALLY happen if I didn't upgrade?
I lose the built in anti-virus windows has?

>>941107227 (OP)
Literally nothing. I have disabled updates with scripts a long time ago and I don't care about your security memes.

>>941107227 (OP)
nothing? I use Win 11

>>941108176
IDK. probably.
There's a project on github called "ExplorerPatcher".

>>941108189
>I lose the built in anti-virus windows has?
no.
they'll probably still give you the "definition updates" for the antivirus.
you just won't get monthly system updates.
I'm fairly sure you will always be able to *upgrade* to Windows 11, at least the version that's out right now. in a few years, you might have to upgrade to that first, then to newer releases, i.e. it'll take a few more reboots. think of it as upgrading from windows 3.11 to 95 to 98 to 2K to XP to vista to 7 ...

>>941108438
lol well fuck it then, I'll stick with 10

>>941108189
no more updates overtime which means your PC will be more vulnerable to viruses and hacking and whatnot.

>>941108438
>upgrading from windows 3.11 to 95 to 98 to 2K to XP to vista to 7 ...
except windows 10 and windows 11 are so much closer to each other. it's some changes to the kernel, some changes to the way everything looks, some more annoyances, but generally they're very similar.
you just wait until they come out with windows 12.
and then windows 13, which they'll skip because it'll have to be the sucky one of the tick-tock cycle of suck that microsoft has been perpetuating.

>>941107227 (OP)
gay sex

>>941108471
see >>941108546
the monthly updates consist of security updates. if you go with that for too long, you'll "ride with" various holes that'll be discovered but you haven't closed them. if you keep your browser and mail program up to date, I wouldn't worry, because that's where most of the bad shit hits you... but if someone manages to get on your local network, they'll eventually be able to own your computer.

>>941108577
show tummy, then I'll consider it

>>941108690
all i do is shitpost anyway

>>941107227 (OP)
BILL GATES CAN SUCK MY ASSHOLE

microsoft, these whores, require a MS account if you want to get those "extended security updates" for windows 10

>>941109924
*or pay money, but really who's gonna do that

>>941107797
Why is Microsoft even allowed in the EU?

>>941107227 (OP)
massgrave.dev, enable ESU, forget about it until 2028

>>941107227 (OP)
as someone who's been using 11 since release, it's really not much of a downgrade now compared to 10.

it used to be a year into it's release since it lacked some important features, but those were added some time ago.

>>941110215
You can't, that's the point.

>>941107227 (OP)
LTSC IoT till 2032, then an hero i guess.

I use Linux btw.

I'm typing this on my 15yo Dell laptop using Windows 7

>>941107227 (OP)
Been using Linux fulltime since the Steam Deck came out. Before that I was a dual booter for gaming purposes, but with Proton there wasn't much call for using windows anymore. Now i only use windows at work.
I kind of feel bad for the folk that feel like theyre stuck on it.

>>941107227 (OP)
How long does this "update" take?

>>941107227 (OP)
Decided to update. TPM 2.0 is literally a 10 dollar daughter board and people who think they can just 'switch to linux' are going to be a laughing stock in the next few weeks. Just be prepared to see way more ricing threads and weeb bullshit. And then when you break their mentality by proving linux is a fucking cuck-tier shithole full of trannies they retort by trying to nuke the thread with illegal porn.
It's fucking pathetic and so are they.

>>941108091
>>941115917
Rufus apparently allows you to create windows 11 installation media that doesn't require tpm 2.0. How that will affect your PC later on I'm not sure though

>>941107227 (OP)

same as when they stopped windows 8.1; i kept using it and still am. i remember the whole XP/windows 7 thing; took a perfectly good, solid running machine and windows 7 basically hosed it because i was afraid of 'not being up to date.' never again.

>>941118590
Don't do it, it creates mustard gas

>>941107227 (OP)
shit I thought that was next week. I still have like 6 desktops to replace at work

>>941107279
this, I haven't installed Windows since 7, and I will never go back

I just went from 7 to 11. Completely skipped 10. Really liking 11.

>>941120046
10 was better
and I hope you disabled all the telemetry and spyware

>>941107980
>"Windows 11 (during setup) won't allow you local accounts anymore"
>start ms-cxh:localonly command, entered via Shift + F10
still working for me...had to set up a bunch of new laptops at work today

>>941107227 (OP)
a custom win 11 iso with all microcucks shit disabled and neutered.

>>941121575
>>start ms-cxh:localonly command, entered via Shift + F10
>still working for me...had to set up a bunch of new laptops at work today
nm...shit
>In the latest Windows 11 Insider build, the company has officially shut down popular workarounds that let users set up Windows without an internet connection or a Microsoft account.

For years, Windows power users and privacy purists have relied on clever hacks like typing “bypassnro” or running the mysterious “start ms-cxh:localonly” command during setup to sneak past Microsoft’s insistence on cloud-connected accounts.

>>941113406
10 year old HP on windows7 and browser compatibility stuff is finally becoming an issue

>>941107333
Linux Mint
It just works.

>>941108176
I haven't fucked with 11 much but I've been using Open Shell to revert menus and the start menu back to a sort of XP/Win7 style. There are shitloads of options.
https://openshellmenu.com/

I have no idea what all the fuss is about. My Windows 10 will receive support until 2032.

>>941122180
What then?

>>941110189
They are trying to kill this on 11 asap. The plan is to remove all local accounts and force you to have a licensed online account and be online 24/7 to verify your software. Of course it's "for your security", even though they EOL'd Win10.

>>941122296
They can’t kill it as long as they support businesses that have local licence servers.

>>941122267
I will not go to sleep tonight. I will stay up and think about it.

I am not sure what I will do.
I am not sure what I will say.
I am not sure what I will do.
I am not sure what I will say.

>>941107227 (OP)
When I get my gaming computer, I switching my browsing(Current) one to linux mint. My gaming pc would be SteamOS if Fortnite worked on it.

>>941107227 (OP)
3 years into using linux, went from what ubuntu -> fedora -> manjaro and now arch. Shit just werks tbh.

reporting in...

>>941107353
Im running XP..

>>941107227 (OP)
Why did windows 8 stop running gangsters organized crime?

>>941124981
i'll just buy a ps5 and enjoy my 1080p 60fps

>>941125324
QRD?

>>941125364
The fuck is that suppose to mean? I don't know what you're talking about. It wasn't a toterial or anything/I should just get really drunk and play those fable games on something that makes them work

>>941125464
Is there some story regarding Windows 8 and organized crime or is this some drunkposting I should ignore?

Generous guys, you know where to find me.
.....

>>941125530
You trying and tell me you aint never played gansterers organized crime? fucking you buy fronts and try to turn it into crime. Don't tell me you aint never done this before. The game makes a lot less sense if you're like nah fuck it I'll buy a soup kitchen or something.

>>941125718
You know if you don't do crime right they're gonna organize and murder people you appointed. It's a game that probably hit the wrong way with a lot of people.

>>941125718
Oh, I get it now. My bad.
Running the game in compatibility mode usually works.

>>941107797
It's probably not meant to, but it worked for me. I live on the U.S. East Coast and when I signed up for the extended security updates yesterday there wasn't any charge.

>>941121371
Like that even possible.

>>941125874
Just because it works doesn't mean it's necesarilyly right.

>>941125263
Based.

>>941107797
>>941109924
So when is this becoming available? Still not seeing it. Is my PC also too old for the extended security updates or something

>>941130088
Probably. If your computer is more than 3 years old you will almost certainly have to get a new one to support Windows 11, and therefore you'd have to have a new computer in order to run the necessary security updates for 10.

But you should be buying a new system every 2 years anyway, at minimum, so it's really not much of an issue. If anything, Microsoft is doing everyone a favor by forcing the retirement of aged-out hardware.

>>941130088
you have to have the right version (22h2) and be up to date on updates


>>941130761
terrible shillbot, go reach through the monitor and slap your coder in the face

>>941107227 (OP)
Been a happy GNU+Linux user for five years now :D
>gdprhd

>>941130761
>But you should be buying a new system every 2 years anyway, at minimum,
what decade is it?
no, moore's law is dead, there's no reason to buy new computers every couple years, they work perfectly fine much longer than that unless you're trying to push framerate limits in bleeding edge games, so maybe you need a new GPU, that's really it

>>941108189
very little, you could still use win 10 for another 10 years before security gets real dire, but just dont be a retard and you'll be fine 80% of the time

>>941130761
I can't get windows 11 but it says i should be able to get extended security updates. On the page for updates it says it's "coming soon.."

>>941130761
the hell kinda rich being are you to buy a new PC every TWO years?
my almost 9 years old laptop (GTX1050ti) can run almost everything
i mean the only games i can't "play" is Baldurs gate 3, expedition 33, or anything that has overkill graphics (they work just really low FPS)
like I need a new system for sure, but i haven't upgraded cause... i got enough that actually works.

>>941107227 (OP)
da window 10 is the best 10. i like microboy. When da window whispered into my ere with cortana and i formed a bond with the beautifal artificial woman. da microsof discontinunin window 10 is an affront to every relationship i hagve ever had and der mernerperly is what da microsoft is. have you ever had such a good peperoni that you aced yourself wow why has god blessed me with his presense and this big ol meat is in my mouth and it is good peporoni good sasaghe. man meat was created to satisfy my thirst for EU regulations on da corporation that control da software like da window. if i was a little boy again i would suck da meat. dis is wy we need berner sernders cause he will smash da company and give me acess to bewbs. i like men.