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Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC is supported until 2032 and free to activate.
LTSC is pretty much what Windows should be. And MS hates people are using it so it means it's the best choice.
And what does that accomplish? Delaying the actual problem to 2032?
It gives us 6 years to grow the Linux user base so that software devs, game devs, etc. make their products with Linux specifically in mind instead of creating poor ports or excluding the OS entirely.
Linux adoption is only going up.
fair point, and I do hope so...
I play heavily modded games and it's a hassle to make some of them work in Linux. Ltsc helps me give some time until modding in Linux gets better support.
That was my biggest gaming-fear when switching. Turned out, it all just works too. So far at least. Wow, satisfactory, core keeper, subnautica and some others.
Even cheatengine and the modmanagers all worked fine.
The only thing I've found not working so far is destiny2. But they can go fuck themselves anyway.
It gives you 6 years to transition to a better OS. Or to become CEO of Microslop and improve things.
It's honestly great, even for me who only boot into windows once every few months.
I wouldn't say "great". But great in comparison to 11 😁 But who needs 6 years of transition? The run-of-the-mill-user with office and Firefox could just switch and not even notice it. Despite libreoffice loading much quicker.
Great in the sense I don't have to bother for 6 years for a partition I will use less than 24 hours over that period of time haha.
So far I've used it to scan once (for some reason that day skan decided to not work) and to make a windows install USB for my SO.
I tried Expedition 33 thinking performance issues were a Linux thing by no, it's just like that.
So it's a long term unlikely to be used OS, and for that long support is great.
True true. Can't hurt to have. I went through great hassles to set up Linux besides my old win install and also made a VM out of it for those "I don't wanna boot again"-moments.
Turns out, I never actually needed either. And I was surely deep into win and half of my tools were self made and now obsolete. Everything just works and works better, more comfy and even faster.
Actually, one more use case is my SO. Can't/won't use Linux, and I'm not fighting. But needs an up to date OS on the ancient lappet laptop, so 10 IOT it is.
Unless she's a pro, why does she even care? My wifey would just want her browser, mails and is already using libreoffice. Browser looks the same as win, so could the whole OS if one prefers.
But yeah sure, wouldn't force her to any OS either,I'm not suicidal 😁
I'm hoping someone manages to make surface pro's fully compatible with linux in that time... (or that something that's compatible and serves SPs purpose becomes available)
Probably rather the latter 😁 But yes, sure. Valid point. Nice devices but too locked
Gives 6 more years for Adobe and my online games to start supporting Linux D: (or the Adobe alternatives to become more suitable for professional use)
I can’t help you with the games. You could vote with your wallet and just not play those specific ones. Start hitting that backlog of games you got on sale and never opened.
Regarding Adobe suite in a professional manner, I’m pretty sure they work on MacOS.
You always have choices. They may not be perfect but they do exist nonetheless. These companies will never stop being invasive if users keep giving in. Until “number go down” in board meetings, nothing changes.
Oh I'm not paying for them, but still one of my main daily drivers is Genshin, and I haven't found such an enjoyable open world exploration in any other game I've tried. (I'm PC-only so haven't tried Breath of the Wild.)
I would never touch a Mac, it's way more of a walled garden than Windows.
Also I was talking about Adobe alternatives like Inkscape for Illustrator or Scribus for InDesign. From what I've read they are really not there yet. (Tried Inkscape a few times, but the UI is so unintuitive for my brain used to Adobe's UI/workflow 😭)
Genshin is playable on Linux? I play it on my Steam Deck.
Thanks, that's good to know! From what I've read a few months ago when I last looked into it, it only worked with a fan-made launcher that posed a ban risk and also broke every few updates.
I just add the official launcher as a non-steam game and ran through the install as normal.
Granted I haven't done it in a couple of months, so not sure if that method still works...but I don't see why not
Not played genshin yet, but you might like where winds meet? Incredibly beautiful, good combat, exploring is rewarding. And totally free. And runs wonderfully on Linux, even with HDR.
Dunno about current adobes, but don't they also run fine via wine? Have only one single tool so far that makes a bit trouble (mediamonkey).
Thanks, I'll check out Where Winds Meet! :)
(Edit: according to their Steam page they use genAI dialogue and art, so that's a pass :/ )
From the reports I see on WineHQ, they are all various levels of broken, though the last versions tested were from 2024.
Honestly I recently only used some portable warezed one. CC6 or 2024 or whatever they call their shit now. I lost interest when they switched to that cloud-nonsense. Which is sad because I was there when they introduced Photoshop and i loved it. Newer than 2024 will probably just be worse. I'd bet they put a lot of effort in their DRM which naturally breaks things
I'm using the cracked versions released by m0nkrus, and they have worked reliably over the years.
Predictably Adobe's apps are now full of genAI crap, but sadly(?) they still release useful new features as well, so I keep them up to date.
Oh so I might give it a shot. Would never buy their stuff though. Then again, I should rather use gimp.
Genshin Impact works on Linux: https://lutris.net/games/genshin-impact/
I'm Linux only and I've played Breath of the Wilds (works on Windows too).
Go to your favorite torrent site (1337x to) and search for Breath of the Wild. It'll be packaged with the emulator so you don't need to do anything. It's a better experience, higher framerate, antialiasing, 4k upscaling and reverse tonemapping (Windows calls this autoHDR) (and basically anything that you can do with ReShade)
A few months ago someone made a patch which makes the Adobe CC 2021 and 2025 installer work in Wine.
https://www.xda-developers.com/someone-finally-got-the-adobe-cc-installers-working-on-linux-with-wine/
Come on in, the Linux water is fine :)
I always thought of Macs as not a good value before, but nowadays for laptops at least they seem to be relatively good.
I still find them annoyingly unintuitive, but that's probably due to lack of experience. At least they come with some (old) version of bash and support standard stuff like ssh out of the box from my understanding.
Haha yes, when I had to use a Mac once in uni it was like they made a point of doing everything just different enough from Windows to be annoying, like why are the window close buttons on the left?!
It delays the problem for six more years, and it also gives me the satisfaction of ~~pirating~~ testing the only decent version of Windows free of Microslop bloat and vibe coded react.
Please stop romanticising Win 10 just because it's less shitty than 11. There is no decent Windows.
Reminder: Win 10 introduced
Reminder that they backported the Windows 10 telemetry to Windows 7 as well.
Yup. That's what made me ditch Win 7 long before EOL and switch to Linux. Been here for ten years now. Life's good. 🌱
The last good Windows was Windows 98
For people with a BSOD fetish? Definitely!
Don't yuck my yum
I'm not. It's just... why can't you play with penguins like the other boys?
turns out it was a gateway drug to another kind of blue screen, btw:
Thank GNU! You doin daddy proud, son!
What you're referring to as GNU, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux.
He's even learnt the Gospel of Saint Richard by heart!
I'm a man of culture as well
Exactly. It just delays the inevitable (maybe even sooner if something denies to run on "this old unsupported version"). As an old win-lover I never thought I'd say this:
Better switch to Linux, most of everything windows still works, everything else is just better and faster.
Was it a hoax that Microsoft came after Massgrave?