Whatever you do, DON'T just ignore the problem.
This is the Dave's Garage video Windows 10 Is DEAD! What You NEED to Know Now!
Microsoft is pulling the plug on Windows 10 support, and that means that your PC, your software, and maybe even your livelihood could be standing on increasingly shaky ground if you don't take action now.
Let's be crystal clear about this. After that date Microsoft will no longer provide security updates, bug fixes, or even tech support for Windows 10. It won't suddenly stop working, but the ice under your feet will start to crack and eventually something's going to fall through
There are plenty of examples of roadkill, of major corporations who ignored this kind of thing the past, and lost 100s of millions of dollars. Don't be roadkill.
So what is a person to do? The video does actually mention Linux.
Here's the truth; today Linux, in 2025, is not your father's command line dungeon. Distributions like Ubuntu, Mint, and Zoran are designed with former Windows users in mind. They come with full GUI environments, office apps of some kind, app stores, and they don't suffer from forced updates, or telemetry out the wazoo.
It's not for everybody especially if you rely on software like Adobe products, or proprietary engineering, or editing tools, or something like that, but for a lot of day-to-day users - browsing, email, light productivity - it's more than enough.
You don't, you really don't want to keep banking information, or financial data, on a system that is not getting some kind of security updates.
The video is 8 minutes.
That’s why I bailed on Microsoft years ago. 6 months and a new pewter is slow with all the updates.
ReplyDeleteMy computers were usually fast enough I didn't notice, though my current PC is ancient. What pushed me away from Microsoft - what I'd been talking about for a long time - was their damn AI bot monitoring everything. They swear you will be able to turn it off, but that has already been found to be a lie. No thanks
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