Charlie Stross2d ago

How to stay on Windows 10 instead of installing Linux (by @lproven): Turns out that Microsoft will support Windows 10 until 2032 *if* you can live without their cloud and AI bullshit: just download/install an obscure version aimed at corporate clients who want long-term support:

https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/22/windows_10_ltsc/?td=rt-3a

(I'm a macOS/Linux guy, but if I had an old Win10 box and wanted to avoid Windows 11 and Recall this would be a great way forward)

How to stay on Windows 10 instead of installing Linux

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Show threadEmil Jacobs - Collectifission2d ago
@cstross Or, hear me out, we help people install Linux. Great community building opportunity 😄
Show threadCharlie Stross1d ago
@collectifission Great *cat-hoovering* opportunity, you mean. (Linux is a great way to lose days and weeks tweaking your system until it works kinda-sorta they way you want it to, and it only got worse once the on-boarding process moved from RTFM to a mixture of RTFSC ("read the f'ing source code") and goddamn YouTube videos optimized to max out the pundit's earnings rather than help you fix your problem.
Show threadMei Lin     

@cstross @collectifission
I am a Linux user since 2007. Never once have I read ANY source code. I don't compile my own kernel. I go an just install software that is provided by my current package manager.

Outside of some exotic or brand new hardware, or NVidia being Nvidia (moved to AMD soon after), I have never encountered any major problems that I couldn't solve with either a reinstall (which is pretty much the Windows way) it a quick search and a few commands in the terminal.

Additionally, the terminal is not needed that often any more. Pretty much every terminal tool has more then one GUI that can be use to configure it. Be it GRUB, CUPS, corn, X11...

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Show threadCharlie Stross1d ago

@MeiLin @collectifission

> Additionally, the terminal is not needed that often any more.

How absolutely ghastly! I live in the terminal. Used to work in it exclusively until 1994-ish.

Show threadVeronica Olsen 🏳️‍🌈🇳🇴🌻1d ago

@cstross @MeiLin @collectifission I currently have 17 terminals open in various tiles and tabs on various workspaces on Debian. It's a life style choice at this point I guess!

To be fair, I usually have a bunch of tabs open in Windows Terminal at work too, so definitely a way of life.

Show threadMei Lin     1d ago

@veronica @cstross @collectifission
As and i3 user I have it easy to get into a terminal, and I will use it for things and stuff.

But I am just a filthy casual when I comes to Linux, even after 18 years.