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GeoB99
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Today marks a new year, and Windows 10's EOL is expected to be on October 14, 2025 (not counting the LTSC versions that is). That's roughly a year and a half until Microsoft decides to pull off the plug. That said, there's some time left but 2024 will fly pretty fast as 2023 was like yesterday.

Albeit you can still use Windows 10 normally as you did before (personally I know a few people who still use 7 heh), it's the unfortunate fact that once an OS is out of support gradually more and more software companies drop the support for it.

Back then Microsoft claimed Windows 10 will be the last iteration of the Windows operating system which that wasn't the case with the leaks and further release of Windows 11. It has received mixed reviews of which most people's reaction is leaning towards disdain against Windows 11, mainly because of constant UI changes as well as other things.

What about you? Are you going to keep using Windows 10 (assuming you do run it to begin with) and if so, for how long? Have you considered switching to the Linux ecosystem? Or you're just simply sick of all of this and decided to switch all your daily life tasks to smartphones and abandon the desktop realm entirely?

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I'm on Win 10 and I guess I'll switch to 11 once the support ended. Maybe even earlier if there are good reasons. There are some "interesting" UI changes in Win 11 but luckily they introduced settings for most stuff by now.

For people who play (and develop) games I think there still isn't a real alternative. It's getting better but Windows is still the OS with the best gaming support. It's the mainstream thing so you can expect that all major titles run there. You definitely can't say that for Linux or Mac.

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People have always been annoyed with UI changes. No matter what product, people are always mad about it at first. Because it's different. People like the comfort of what they're used to.
But after a while, people get used to it and realize that most of the time, it's better than it was before.
Same rule applies to operating systems. That's why I just switch to the most modern Windows version when it releases, even though there are a few small (and annoying) bugs in there usually. But they also almost always add new features that are worth it, so why not.
Currently running Win11, will probably run win12 when it comes out

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Im running Windows 11, there is awesome thing the Linux Windows Subsystem soo I don't need to use any other system. Also will switch to Windows 12 as soon as there will be stable release.

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Right now I'm still using Windows 10 on my PC and laptop. The only system with Windows 11 is my ROG Ally that I usually use for mobile gaming and car diagnostics (VCDS for VAG Vehicles).

I liked Windows 7 a lot, so much that I changed the UI elements on my Windows 10 systems back to Windows 7 with Open-Shell.
On the ROG Ally I had to stick with what Windows 11 came with. Although you have to admit it's better optimised for mobile systems and touchscreen use than Windows 10.

When Windows 10 official support ends I will probably get myself just a new PC with the latest OS released because my processor and mainboard are somewhat outdated by now (Intel I7 7700k 4,5GHz -> OC to 5,2GHz). Paired with a Nvidia GTX 1080 graphicscard it still is a decent pc which can play about every game even if it's demanding with medium compromised graphics settings.

My laptop is about as old as windows 10 is by now and I'll stick to the OS it came with. I rarely use it, usually only for creating Word Documents, sometimes car diagnostics aswell or watching streams on prime, netflix and such.

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I actually moved over to Windows Vista a couple months ago and you'd be surprised how stable it is now with all the updates.

There is this one quirk where nearly nothing supports it anymore, but I like the way it feels.

I have no plans on updating until something sparks my interest.

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I actually moved over to Windows Vista a couple months ago [...] but I like the way it feels.

My first own pc had Vista on it. I grew up with it, played cs2d back in the days and I can really relate to the feel about it. Great OS in my opinion, besides the few problems you could experience on it (.Net-Framework issues for example). It ran with an AMD chip of some sort with integrated graphics. Only supported up to DirectX 9.0c

But Windows 7 was the king back in the days. It had a long lifespan for a reason.

I hate Windows 10 for the stupid way it forces you to stay updated. I usually only update every few months, so you'll always get the stable releases and out of convenience because allowing downloads in the background messses with ping, package loss and other stuff. And if you don't update regularly, it threatens you that your system will not be supported in the future after a certain amount of time has passed. Granted, it's somewhat longer but it just leaves a bad taste to it.
To prevent it from updating you have to go deep into the Update Settings and reduce the download speed to a minescule amount like 0.1mbps, so it'll never finish the download process properly. There's no other way except asking the updater for a, I suppose, 1 or 2 week update break (if it was working like that, it does work like that on Windows 11). And after that it forces you to update. It's annoying for me, when I usually use my PC every few weeks and it always forces me to download a shitton of updates first, reboot, download again, reboot again, get stuck for half an hour to "ples don reboot or pc broken" just to play afterwards and be forced to wait more, because your games have been updated aswell, forcing you to download 55 more GB of content.
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I have 2 laptops and both of them running Windows 11 with same build numbers. I have 2 reasons:
• My development laptop is a 2-in-1 convertible (Ryzen 4700U). Last time I tried Linux, it's hit-or-miss in those kind of laptops.
• My other laptop is a gaming laptop (Ryzen 5600H with RTX 3060L) and I want to ensure I have no issues running games. Some of my games simply not compatible with Linux due to their kernel AC. It comes preinstalled with Windows 11 RTM.

IMO, if you really want to try Windows 11, at least get the 22H2 update, not the RTM version. The RTM version sucks in terms of features, but 22H2 made it better. I didn't touch the RTM version for long as my gaming laptop was offered 22H2 shortly after getting it. I admit there are performance issues with Windows 11 but in overall it's good looking OS and 23H2 made it better (with the performance issue still there of course )

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@user ohaz: I do know that and understand the importance of it. But in my case, I just log on every other week on it just to play some game I'd like to and chat on discord/teamspeak with others.
Being up to date is not as neccessary as long as I don't intend to download files from untrusted sources.

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Guys, forced updates make your system BETTER.

Tbfh the only updates that should be forced upon the user are security updates and critical bugfixes. Everything else such as feature updates that nobody asked for should stay optional and left to the user's discretion if one wants to install them or not. Forcing everything is kind of dumb, really.

Anyway going on topic, I plan to keep using Windows 10 as long as it gets support long enough. Good thing that there's the LTSC version with 2 years of extra support. Until it gets totally depreciated I will probably switch to Linux Mint with MATE as desktop environment. I tried Windows 11 before and to be frank I don't quite like it much.

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I've recently made the switch from Windows to MacOS, especially as I've delved deeper into my programming work. The transition has proven to be a game-changer for me. MacOS provides a seamless development environment, and I've found it to be more compatible with various packages. Docker, in particular, performs much more efficiently, without the complications I faced using WSL on Windows.

The Unix-based foundation of MacOS has significantly streamlined my coding experience, offering a robust and reliable platform for my programming tasks. As I continue to explore the MacOS ecosystem, the smooth integration and enhanced development tools have solidified my decision to make the shift.

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@user Gaios:

100% agreed. Dev experience on MacOS is miles ahead of the competition. Only Linux can compare, but Linux has an unintended consequence of needing to troubleshoot a lot of stuff. Linux has definitely become a lot better in the last few years, but still not on the level of Windows/MacOS when it comes to the ease of use. So, my ranking, from the perspective of a developer, is as follows:

1. MacOS
2. Linux
3. Windows

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i never understood why so many people are downright hostile when it comes to operating systems. when i mention i use win 8.1 no matter in which context, even if i try to put no emphasis on it whatsoever, such as saying why i use it and why i don't plan on upgrading or changing os altogether, there always has to be at least one self-proclaimed tech expert that shows up from the bottom of the sewer, foaming at the mouth and taking offence at my personal choice of os which does not affect them in any way. they tend to call people like us old-fashioned, paranoid, senile, even idiotic, despite us having completely valid reasons why we use what we do. people who believe running an old version of windows, from 8.1 to even 2000 causes your computer to become a magnet for malware, spyware, adware etc and that it WILL be hacked frighten me, but only with their stupidity. and don't get me started on those who claim they """oppose microsoft's decisions""" or whatever and think they're undermining them or something, but as soon as someone says they use an older windows, or talks shit about forced automatic updates, microsoft takes over their thought processor and they immediately start spewing nonsense and flawed arguments in microsoft's favour. i can't even be mad at those people, i find them pitiful because their thoughts aren't their own; they're brainless automatons controlled remotely by microsoft. like, fine, use whichever os you want to, it's your choice, but don't berate others and consider them lower life forms for using what they want to, just like you do. if they're asking for tech help either help them out or ignore them, don't kick them while they're down.

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@user T-69: It's a savety concern nonetheless. An outdated OS with no support will be vulnerable to potential attacks, as long a connection to the internet is established or your system get's attacked by other means like malicious software from USB sticks, CDs and stuff.

But that requires an irresponsible owner to neglect savety while surfing in the web on his system. Like downloading untrusted files and be on dubious sites.

It's only "save" in the case as long as you use it for private means like gaming, doing non important and non business related tasks.

When it comes to business related systems with important data (customer data, secret company data for example) an outdated OS becomes a potential risk. And that's what hackers are usually interested in getting.

Tl,dr: Using old outdated OS is okay for private use as long you don't act stupid and download or connect stuff from untrusted sources without hesitation.
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