Live data from Hacker News

Microsoft support page says Windows 10 “retirement date” is 2025

winaero.com

211–216 of 216 posts

Re: Microsoft support page says Windows 10 “retirement date” is 2025

#211
post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think he was joking. Windows 7 is EOL

I wanted to keep my riced Windows 7 installation until software incompatibility forced me off of it. I really believe that, UX-wise, Windows 7 was the high point.

> I really believe that, UX-wise, Windows 7 was the high point.

Yup, definitely.

Re: Microsoft support page says Windows 10 “retirement date” is 2025

#212
post #182

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does it still crash every 15 minutes because that is what it did for me when I tried Fedora 34?

Well Fedora is bleeding edge, RedHat's equivalent to Windows insider builds. Try Ubuntu LTS or Debian.

Ubuntu doesn't ship with Gnome 40.

Re: Microsoft support page says Windows 10 “retirement date” is 2025

#213
post #178
post #177

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What Xbox overlay and what weather widget? Running 21H1 and never seen any of those.

Windows Logo Key + G, the "Xbox Game Bar".

Xbox Game Bar is not annoying like other crap, but useful even if you don't gaming. It can be used to screen recording feature.

Re: Microsoft support page says Windows 10 “retirement date” is 2025

#214
post #212

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well Fedora is bleeding edge, RedHat's equivalent to Windows insider builds. Try Ubuntu LTS or Debian.

Ubuntu doesn't ship with Gnome 40.

You have to choose between stability and the latest/greatest. You cannot have both. Not even Apple users get both.

Re: Microsoft support page says Windows 10 “retirement date” is 2025

#215
post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The windows hating is so boring and childish. Windows, and particularly Windows 10, is a very good OS. It's not even open source advocates that dislike it so much. I think most Linux users would admit Windows is a solid option, if just not for them. It's usually just Mac fans.

You’re right, I guess as a Mac fan I’m biased. I’m used to having luxury features like local accounts and being allowed to disable updates. It’s not fair to expect that from Windows.

> luxury features like local accounts

i hate it here i hate it here i hate it here i hate it here i hate it here i hate it here

Re: Microsoft support page says Windows 10 “retirement date” is 2025

#216

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I couldn't give a damn about macOS or the "Linux desktop". Yet I would still call Windows a disaster. Windows 10 was released almost 6 years ago now, and it's still a Frankenstein mess of 10 different UI styles dating all the way back to Win95, with no apparent drive to fix it up and make it consistent. Microsoft has extremely weak engineering culture.

They cater to business more than individual consumers. Backwards compatibility matters to them much more than ui consistency. I tend to agree with that for my own uses. I don't care if it's pretty if it works.

If they cater to businesses, what is the point of those UI modifications?
Post reply on HN