Microsoft Will Eventually Start Charging You for Windows 10 Security Updates

Post by MiguelHudnandez » Wed, Dec 06, 2023, 5:08 PM UTC

Workaccount2 wrote: post #37

bovermyer wrote: post #5

When W10 finally stops getting updates, I'm almost certainly going to have to jump back to Linux on my gaming PC. Nothing on this Earth could make me use Windows 11. I highly doubt Windows 12 will be any better.

At this point I would pay handsomely for an alternative to windows that isn't linux or macos. I need windows sans microsoft. Not a command line with partial graphical wrappers and not an OS exclusive to an overpriced line of propriety computers. Windows but open source. Please. Note:I have been on ubuntu for the past year, and hate it. Just like I hated whatever other distros the last 3 times I tried to switch in my…

Post by proactivesvcs » Wed, Dec 06, 2023, 5:10 PM UTC

Post by PrimeMcFly » Wed, Dec 06, 2023, 5:17 PM UTC

GoofGarage wrote: post #25

bovermyer wrote: post #5

When W10 finally stops getting updates, I'm almost certainly going to have to jump back to Linux on my gaming PC. Nothing on this Earth could make me use Windows 11. I highly doubt Windows 12 will be any better.

So I had similar concerns regarding Windows 11, but I sat down, learned how to clean it up, and put a Creative Commons open source guide for others to follow. I knew many other reluctant friends who are senior devs at prolific companies in the tech space, and with my guide they seem to have no real remaining complaints. It covers both the initial installation, as well as all my post-install recommendations. It elimin…

Post by wvenable » Wed, Dec 06, 2023, 5:19 PM UTC

justinclift wrote: post #45

wvenable wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I put together a new PC and went Windows 11 on it and I have it configured (with a few tools) to be exactly like Windows 10. I also had my Windows 10 configured to be mostly like Windows 7. With some pretty minor changes and maybe purchasing some inexpensive software, Windows 11 is quite decent. Whenever I visit a stock Windows 11 machine I am a bit horrified.

So it is possible to turn off the advertisements in the OS and standard windows applications (that come with the OS)?

Post by justinclift » Wed, Dec 06, 2023, 5:19 PM UTC

vanchor3 wrote: post #12

rjmunro wrote: post #3

That's not what security updates are. They are fixes for errors in the original software. They are product recalls for dangerous product faults. You can't charge the customer because the product you shipped them was faulty.

Network hardware vendors have been doing it for years, more money for Microsoft I guess.