Microsoft Addresses The ‘WINDOWS 10 Problem’
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- Опубліковано 22 гру 2023
- Microsoft recently announced that it will be launching an Extended Security Update program for Windows 10. It will be available for both organizations and individual users, and will go into effect after mainstream support for said operating system ends on October 14, 2025.
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Seriously why does everything have to be subscription based these days. 😤
In fairness it makes sense. Salaries are usually paid at a consistent rate. Income for companies should be, too. The problem is that they always cost too much.
@@Distress. Except that if you have a genuine copy of Windows 10 then you already paid for it (potentially a very high price if you didn't get your key from a grey market key reseller). This is Microsoft taking an essential part of an operating system (security updates) and putting it behind a subscription after the fact. I would find this acceptable if this was limited to feature updates which most people don't need. Instead if your PC doesn't meet the Windows 11 requirements you have a terrible choice of doing nothing and having an insecure system, buying a new PC or signing up for this subscription.
@@Distress.My dude…
Because some people like to tolerate bullshit. On a lighter note? People are moving away from Microsoft whether to mobile solutions, which they surrendered to Android and iOS years ago, or to Mac OS or Linux in some respects.
It’s what disincentivizes paying them in my opinion. Why should anyone actually indulge Microsoft with genuine licenses if they’re going to honestly triple dip through targeted ads and this nonsense?
I don’t honestly take Linux or Android as serious alternatives not because I’m an Apple fanboy (I’ve used Android and IOS, and all the major OSes), but because Linux on a good day through more mainstream builds like Mint or Ubuntu is a convoluted mess and Android OEMs shoot themselves in the foot by crippling or removing the distinguishable differences from iOS (like hardware features) but with inferior update and warranty support and bloat.
You will own nothing, and will be happy about it
Just a reminder for those thinking of switching to Linux and other open project. Consider donating to the devs of the software you do use. It helps them keep going and bring broader support and features. Even just taking a faction of what you might give MS will go a long way (and be a lower expense over all).
I switched to popOS about a month ago an haven't looked back, I can do basically everything I could on windows 10. it's been a bit of a struggle getting used to Linux and some of the stuff I've had to do to get certain things running on it has been borderline rage inducing but I think it has still be worth it and I've been happy to support system76 for as long as I use pop
If there was more app support on it I would switch in a heartbeat.
@@sanekibeko Let the devs of the apps you use to port.
@@sanekibekobasically everything except for the adobe suite either runs on linux now, or has amazing free alternatives
@@sanekibeko You can most likely run them with wine.
Microsoft is on the same team as the "you will own nothing and be very unhappy" crowed, which is why they want to go to the subscription model, they are really doing a great job for pushing more people to using Linux instead aren't they?
Well, at 4% there now. Seems some people are indeed starting to wake up and realize what terrible pile of crap M$ is becoming. And watch next major version release prove it even more.
@@MichaelDustterand I hope it continues to rise. Microsoft has done enough already
Worked for me. Just ordered new "powered by Linux" case badges for ALL of my laptop, even a few that currently have "Designed for WindowsXP" stickers, that have lived in the bottom of a closet, but run "Light" distros of Linux like they're brand new. Sorry India, you're not my toxic garbage for several more years.
@user-tp5yb4hr4w , definitely so! Those inbred narcissists assume too much. ✊👊
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I would like to take this opportunity to thank all and every person responsible for Linux being free, actively developed, available and very much usable as an alternative to windows.
Same. People really don't understand the amount of time an effort being put into Linux, and most of it is being done literally for free.
Same here, as so many people don't even realize how important the Linux project has become over the years, and that they use it in so many different ways in their daily life, like when pick up an Android device, turning on something like a Roku box/stick/TV, do their banking online where the website, and servers are Linux based, etc... So it goes well beyond just the desktop.
i wouldn't say alternative but an another Os that does basic things windows does except the software only available on windows
@@walidwalidos8398In the software world, that is quite literally what an alternative is. You said it isn't an "alternative" then immediately described in a nutshell what an alteritive OS is.
@@LovecraftianGodsKiller well another possibility or choice, minus the productivity level. you can work on linux but you'll struggle big. i have hope big companies will develop for linux because simply they'll need it too.
There are still people who use windows 7 and don't know the name of the OS, I do not believe windows 10 will be different. Most don't know anything and just use the device
I still use windows 7, kinda sad that steam will end support of it
@@flamingophone if the games you play work under Linux give it a try, while it is not perfect it might suit your needs
@@leovi2i started pirating some of the games i own through steamrip, but i might try ubuntu or tiny11 once steam ends support. And after that im gonna buy a nice gaming pc.
@@flamingophone Please consider moving to Linux. Gaming on Linux has improved drastically in past few years with many Windows-only games running by just pressing the play button in Steam thanks to the Proton compatibility layer.
@@electricindigoball1244 Exactly. At this point Linux now supports more games than Windows 7 by far. There's now even more supported applications.
Nice try Microsoft but I'm going to stick with my no operating system subscription policy. Although to be fair I was never the target audience for this service to begin with. Instead this is clearly targeted at people who aren't technologically literate enough to move to Linux and don't want to or can't buy a new PC that supports Windows 11.
This is also probably a way for Microsoft to defend itself from accusations of forcing millions of people to replace their hardware just so they can continue receiving security updates.
Windows 11: Your PC doesn't meet the requirements
Windows 11 Ghost Spectre (more lightweight than Windows 10): *Are you sure about that?*
@@Hardcore_Remixer To be clear my PC does meet the Windows 11 requirements so I can use it and I'll probably use it for edge cases where I can't get a piece of Windows software to run under Linux.
With that being said I would advise against using third party versions of Windows simply because of the potential risk of one of these containing malware and that's assuming that it doesn't have bugs that don't exist in the regular version of Windows and that it can install security updates from Microsoft.
@@Hardcore_Remixerstop this cringy comments installing windows 11 on old hardware is just as easy as ticking a checkbox in rufus when selecting the iso to flash
I would rollback to another version of Windows before I stay on Windows 10 and have to be forced to Windows 10 will be the LAST version of Windows I ever use not kidding either. After this monopoly bullcrap happening with Microsoft I am switching to Linux.
@@redrush-hp9li Remember that a normie doesn't even know what rufus, iso, and flash mean. Some might not even know what Windows is or which version they are using.
Need more support for Linux. Microsoft has already gone to far.
too*
If you think so, then consider contributing by bug report, or donate to your distro of choice, which would benefit linux as a whole.
Thing about user is that they would like a good and libre product (both as in monetarily and freedom from corporate greed), but never give open-source developers the money to keep the lights on for them.
@@tanawatjukmongkol2178 what makes you think OP hasn't?
Linux needs professional software. That's it.
It's time to switch to Linux, I guess.
I did. The first couple of months were... Not fun. But after getting use to the way it works, it's actually pretty great!
not gonna happen for millions of people so stop being a parroting ja©kass
I strongly recommend it. I moved almost entirely to Linux a few years ago and it's a great feeling to be free from Microsoft's OS support shenanigans. My recommendation is to start with a dual boot where you have both Windows and Linux installed at the same time (you can do it with a single drive although using separate drives for each OS will make it much easier) and slowly move to Linux. The toughest part is by far going to be getting Windows-only software to run via Wine but it's a lot easier to do these days than it used to be just a few years ago. Gaming on Linux especially has improved drastically largely thanks to Valve's ongoing efforts with their Proton compatibility layer.
And finally don't be afraid to ask questions. Chances someone has already run into the same issue that you have and thus the solution may already exist.
Might be a wise decision. The first little while may be rough as it would be something different than you're used to, but once you get accustomed to it it may stick. Linux Mint, KUbuntu, Zorin are good choices as they're user friendly and have a Windows like appearance.
Windows itself also has many problems, and people just get used to fixing them without really thinking about it as they've used it for a very long time. Use one OS for twenty plus years and a simple problem is not a big deal, use an unfamiliar OS for less than a month and it's a big deal. A lot people cannot see that.
Windows 10's EOL is going to be nightmare considering two-hundred-and-forty million devices can't run Windows 11 without workarounds. Cheap used equipment for homelabbers I guess.
Just pick Mint or Zorin as beginner friendly
Windows 10 is my last version of windows. after the security update end, im going linux
Windows 10 was my last version of windows... in that using it for a week convinced me that windows 8 (well, eight point whatever, where they fixed the 'let's prettend desktop PCs are phones' garbage), which I'd never been entirely satisfied with and used only for gaming, was acceptable until Linux support caught up with the hardware in the laptop that windows 10 came with.
Windows 11 news, coming across pop!_OS, and Proton being a thing are why I stopped using Windows entirely a while back though.
Just make sure you use a good distro that's up to date without being on the very bleeding edge for a better experience like Manjaro Gnome/KDE, Solus Budgie, or even Mint DE(Debian Edition) as none of them have the worries of going down the drain like Ubuntu, and a lot of Ubuntu based distros do to all the bone head decisions Canonical has been making in recent years like trying to force SNAP packages on users, not keeping a clear consistent DE choice, or trying to kill off all 32 libs(libraries) needed by many programs, and games to just work on Linux.
Good luck I guess. It will take a lot of adapting once you lose a lot of program support and have to pray wine works as intended.
@@cloudy_xDD Not really I use Manjaro Gnome Linux both at work, and home, and have been easily able to adapt my workflow with Linux minus a few edge cases of DRM support for streaming services like Peacock, but a cheap Nokia T20 Android Tablet, my Pixel 6a, and my TV with an ONN 4K streaming box, and a Roku 4K sticks solves that issue easy. Also I'm being honest here, and saying 98% of the games in my nearly 350 STEAM library just work with the latest updates, and I can't remember the last time I touched Wine to make something work. For the average PC user Linux is ready to handle what they need, as long as they don't treat it like Windows, and expect the exact same programs to run, but there are many many good alternatives.
@@cloudy_xDDwine work as intend
I like the Windows 10 experience, but I will not hesitate to get back to Linux if I have doubts about the security of my data and personal information.
Honestly you just should now. Linux has been evolving faster than it ever has.
... I'm left scratching my head as to how on earth anyone could possibly 'like the windows 10 experience' myself, given how good a job it did of convincing me that 8 wasn't so bad, really.
Of course, the combination of news about windows 11 and Proton has had me dump windows entirely in favour of Linux (pop!_OS, specifically) these days.
@@chitan1362 no I don't think I will jump now, there is still a lot to be done and I am not willing to do any efforts
@@laurencefraser it's personal, but I assure you I am not the only person that prefers Windows 10 over something else.
Windows will going to die..within 10 years...
no one wants an expensive set for continuing using windows..
Since..the policy of operating system had been changed limited to 3-4 years each...along with lack of compatibility..and requirements...
*Windows dug his own grave*
also high end specs of hardware coming to end..those who want to build PCs
no one wil use laptop or computer ...instead of smartphones will be..(unless it has something serious usage like...video editing,storing,coding&software development,gaming..and other computing abilities)
Yet another way Microsoft is fracking over the end user.
I have genuine Windows 10 running on an SSD and a Gen7 i7-7700K running at 4.2GHz (not supported for Win11 upgrade) with 32GB of fast RAM.
It would fly on Windows 11.
It was build to last.
I run some essential software (a DAW) that doesn't run in Linux.
My expensive PC is reduced to a brick.
Frack you very much, Microsoft.
You can use some bypasses or something to get Windows 11 running.
@@rysiekku that fact a system like his is not supported shows how rediculous this crap is getting
Bro, just bypass the win11 requirements, its a simple appraiserres.dll I'm running a worse cpu compared to you (i3 3210) and still enjoying win11 dev builds
@@ahqsoftwares Damn bro
I run FL Studio on Linux via Bottles, it does the job.
However future is bright for DAW's few weeks ProSound released open Beta StudioOne for Linux, let's hope userbase will grow.
Let’s be honest here, it will likely be reverse engineered, either it’s using the same method that XP used (a registry key to determine if extended updates are enabled) or it will be downloaded from a separate server, either someone will write a piece of software to handle downloading the updates, or something else.
Or more and more people will have enough of it and will use Linux for their browsing and social media, or will move to macOS as it might be cheaper than Microsoft's subscriptions to a mediocre OS.
@@theloststarboundermost people won’t install an OS but use what they have with what they bought so probably better chance they will buy something new, may it be new Windows, MacOS or ChromeOS.
The registry key didn’t determine whether the extended updates are to be enabled, rather than had it identify as the SKU which was receiving extended support. It’ll likely be more like Windows 7, where you’ll run a program such as BypassESU to do essentially as the name says
Or more people will move to custom Windows ISOs to use better versions of Windows 11. Ghost Spectre 11 superlite without defender can be brought down to 0.5 GB idle RAM usage which is low even for Linux.
@@Hardcore_Remixer better to customize WIndows yourself than using something someone else has made for security reasons.
I would recommend Chris Titus' tool to remove and configure Windows to your needs (it is open source so and it basically just do command lines to configure and remove things which you could do yourself).
Idle RAM usage is not necessarily bad given the OS just use as much as possible when it is available to just be ready with it if it was needed.
But possible you could have good experience with Ghost Spectre 11 superlite with less than 4 GB of RAM which is the minimum requirements for Windows 11.
The main issue I had with Windows 10 was, the system used to do some tasks without me knowing it, irony is I was using Win 10 since 2016 until I switched back to 7 and 8.1 just because my laptop was struggling running it. The fact that system optimisations like turning off a lot of Services and deleting all the telemetry was taking a longer time than the installation made me go mad and start hating on it.
However today I run Linux Mint on both devices PC and Laptop, Windows-like environemt makes me feel comfortable, also Linux Mint does the Software support the best out there, for most of the distros you have to open Terminal at some point, Mint doesn't require you to do that, open Software Manager search for the app you need and you're ready to roll.
For 2 years of using Linux I recommend either Linux Mint or Pop OS if you're planning on switching.
Thank you! I've been planning my migration to Linux after official, non-paid support ends for Windows 10. So that I can use Windows 11 as absolutely little as needed. I guess I'll end up using Linux Mint because it seems the most usable and best supported out of the box, with one of the biggest communities out there
@@dandiaz19934 Glad to help, also I recommend replacing PulseAudio with Pipewire, for low latency and overall FPS improvement 😁
I run Manjaro GNOME, and Solus Budgie as my 2 main goto Distros, and I honestly can't remember the last time I had to open the terminal other than once in Solus to get the oddball whitelisted WiFi card going on my Lenovo Thinkpad X140e and it was a simple 1 line sudo command "Sudo depmod -a" and that was after using the Solus GUI hardware installer while connected via ethernet.
You really should try to learn the terminal little by little. Whatever is comfortable to you. You don’t have to learn every command out there either. Not only that, but ironically enough, Microsoft’s Bing AI can help you learn it. It can even generate scripts for you. The terminal gives you a massive amount of power
@@ag-allgood I know basic Commands in terminal, even using it from time to time Because it's fun, but I kinda prefer the graphical interface if there's no need of terminal.
I think they should give everyone who can't move to Windows 11 , 3 discounted years of support. Windows 10 was supposed to be the last OS Microsoft made so its only fair that they do the discount. I also hope that with this push to the cloud that they finally remove the last few barriers for Microsoft services on Linux..
Wagner the ZDNet Microsoft shill says "harrumph".
I will continue using Win10 but I will not be giving money to Microsoft for this.
Please consider moving to at least partially to Linux when support for Windows 10 ends. It's a much better option than staying on an operating system with known unpatched security vulnerabilities.
@@electricindigoball1244 not everyone has that luxury
Consider using Linux! Linux Mint is very similar to Windows 10 and has lots of users and places you can ask for help. Its actively developed too. Ive been using it for a few months now and it has been perfect. I use WINE to run Windows executables and it works 80-90% of the time. I changed the programs i use to FOSS ones to ensure that it would work when i made the switch. Its very user friendly and very stable and secure.
Unless You have a specific piece of Windows only software, then a good Linux distro like Manjaro, Solus, or Mint Debian Edition is a much better alternative as they are upto date, and most PC games will run on STEAM for Linux with little issues.
@@electricindigoball1244 it's not that simple my brother, softwares are a blockade. as for the OS..yes you can use it like windows but when it comes to productivity, it's big stop for people wanting to switch but they can't
A paid subscription for extended security updates is highway robbery. This is a surefire way to get longtime Windows customers to convert to Linux.
I hope Valves makes SteamOS available for all by the time Windows 10 reaches EOL. If not, I'll just use something like Mint or Manjaro.
It is you don't you can install it on an on steam deck it's his available on non steam deck
@@NatetheNintendofan SteamOS isn't available outside of the Steam Deck yet. There are similar distros you can install on your desktop or laptop, like HoloISO and ChimeraOS, but I want *_the_* SteamOS available for all.
@@AllieRX SteamOS is literally configured Arch. You'll reach very similar results with it. To more "friendlier" approach, I suggest EndeavourOS, CachyOS, ArcoLinux or XeroLinux. All good stuff.
Windows 11 is way too unfinished to take down windows 10 yet
If windows 10 gets taken down before w11 is finished then windows in general will be unstable
You know why they made extended support available for everyone with Win 10? Because Win 10 and Win 11 are basically the same thing under the hood anyway. So you as the consumer are paying Microsoft additional money, so they can... keep doing exactly what they were going to do anyway, but change the update package versions from "11" to "10".
If someone were to write a script or registry hack to allow Windows 11 security updates to be installed on Windows 10, that would really piss them off.
Stop hanging onto Windows, dude. Just switch to Linux.
@@lindenreaper8683 me when it bugs out a ton out of nowhere: never again
@@ad1340yt Another Windows fanboi spouting BS.
So what you're saying is that I have a little less than 2 years to get my shit together and move to Linux? That leaves plenty of time for procrastination ^_^
Trust me, better starting now than never. Adapting takes a bit. But it's worth the effort.
Honestly you should start now. Who knows what M$ will do next
I’m using Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021, it’s basically a version of Windows 10 without all the bloatware, and it can do EVERYTHING normal Windows 10 can. And it’s going to be supported and updated until January 13, 2032.
From the direct WU updates, yes. From app/software developers though? Still won't be necessarily, as they follow the regular end consumer edition update cycle, which is still bound to end by 10/2025.
Same. Running IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 which seems to be the apex of Win 10 in terms of performance and value. None of the bloat with all the customization you don't get in other versions. Highly recommend.
@@MichaelDustter Windows Server and many other variants of Windows 10 are supported beyond 2025, it's unlikely that popular programs would drop support until these OSes also reach EOL running to at least 2029
I’m over here still using Windows 7 for performance reasons (And I don’t feel like moving to linux any time soon)
Gaben is going to take your toys away in few days
@@UltimatePerfection I can always Pirate
God I miss Windows 7. It was to me, what XP was to my father.
Thankfully they cannot force me to upgrade anymore as my PC doesn't meet their "standards" 🙏 god bless you Microsoft for making bad choices
I hid the TPM from the OS in the BIOS to prevent any automatic updates. I am also dual booted with Linux Mint but, I have a few programs that only work on Windows.
A history of subscription based security extensions would find most of us on Windows XP or 7 still. It is frustrating hat we have not been enticed into Operating System upgrades on their technical merit, but coerced into it through planned-obsolescence of previous builds. It allows for myopic and lack-lustre software design/development. (Sorry Windows 11)
It also provided several years for open-source developers to offer, not only viable, but preferred alternatives for a growing number of enthusiast users. So Kudos to Microsoft, this move IS overdue, and as is often the case when a required action is delayed, it is simply too late. I no longer require your OS security updates.
In layman's terms, bye Windows hello Linux (Mint).
I do believe that ms considered a sub only os but they also considered that almost 99% of direct consumer sales are via oem sales. How many people go out and actively buy windows these days? To what degree it happens I would be shocked if it was close to 10-15%
I bought Windows 8 for my first ever pc build in 2013 and ended up with a lot of egg on my face. Never again.
Welp they're just shooting their own foot at this point. Linux is about to get a lot more users.
Thanks for the video! I switched to Linux from Windows 7 when it ended it's support. I took a long look at Windows 10 and decided I just couldn't justify using it anymore due to all of the privacy issues you related in this video. I feel the same about Windows 11 so I won't be switching back to any microsoft operating system anytime soon. If I need to do something that can only be run in Windows I will just run up a virtual machine then destroy it like the viscious animal it is.
Summon virtual machine Windows ...
Windows VM: "yes? Who has summoned me? Oh you're a Linux geek. Not again. OK, OK three wishes and all that."
I'm old enough to remember when they said MS 10 would be the last version of windows.
Did they make Windows 11 trash just so they can introduce a subscription model to Windows?
windows 11 isn't trash
@@blueciffer1653 Sorry to offend you with the truth Bill Gates, better luck next time.
@@Skobeloff... Best version since windows 7🤷🏽♂️
@@blueciffer1653 Worst version since windows 8
@@blueciffer1653 Worst version ever. Yes, EVER.
Linux isn't looking that bad anymore.
Linux isn't loo-ACK!!!!
Gotta wait for Proton to update so you can play your game
Linux mint is sick, big recommend, you can run it from a USB to try it out before the install
Just installed Ubuntu, everything works from the get go :D
@@Kimarnic Proton isn't perfect and new games aren't always playable day one however that is small price to pay to have an actual alternative to being forced to go along with whatever Microsoft does with Windows. Plus there's no reason why you can't keep Windows around either in a dual boot configuration or in a VM for those few games that don't work yet.
@@electricindigoball1244 Just wait when Win goes sub-based. Naives do really think that it won't? Ha. Corpos know way too much how sub-based models are way more profitable for them. And they'd alienate your average customer for that. Just look at Office. What model does it have and promote currently? Oh? OH? Yeah, and there you go. :))
Sounds like a good time to switch to Linux Mint lol
I just knew this was gonna come one way or another
>if you want your operating system to respect your privacy, switch to linux
or just forcibly disable the telementry with shutup10
I've been using the open source linux Ubuntu OS for a long time. Open source means that I don't pay for it. Updates, including security updates, are community driven and output. In other words, it's the best of all worlds. I use open source Raw photo editing software instead of subscription based Adobe products as well.
Open source means more than just that you don't pay for it. It means that everyone can see the source code too. That means that any attemp to sneak spyware will be short lived and punished either by the maintainer or by the community if the maintainer doesn't bother.
Not exactly, There are commercial programs and games that are opem source, the concept you're looking for it's "Free & Open Source"
Free as in freedom, not as in price
@@Hardcore_Remixer Exactly!
@@RayOfSunlight984 I'm talking about OS (operating systems) not programs or games. Unlike Microsoft, you can always choose the OS version you want. I choose Ubuntu, but there are dozens of other distributions to choose from as well as different versions.
@@sfink16 Not exactly a "version", i would say other "choices" or "flavors"
because they know win 11 is shit
Isn't Win 12 supposed to debut this year?
Yea, I can get support until Jan 2032 by using 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021.
Same. I'm hoping by then Linux will have most of its bugs sorted out.
@@meal_team_six Update. I ended up switching to linux but the VM i still have yet to install will be an IoT LTSC 2021
I am so pumped to circumvent paying for it while keeping 10 installed indefinitely
I recently switched to Arch Linux, because I was never going to upgrade to windows 11, and I feel like Linux has matured enough for me to feel comfortable gaming on it.
Well, you're getting latest and greatest in packages, which can greatly contribute to the gaming experience, getting latest fixes and all that. Comes with its own caveats, but I'd honestly take those over the crap that W11 is bringing and that future installments will bring, because I don't wanna believe single bit it's gonna get better with Win and M$. They don't care about your average end user. Won't dumb down on requirements, spyware, unecessary bloat or any of this. Watch next installment be even worse in this, and dig even more to be glad that I also have switched. I'm in a different distro, but hey, to each their own of a choice, mainly that it's better than Crapdows.
@@MichaelDustter I feel you, I believe Microshaft's end goal is a subscription based cloud based computer. Which they have mostly already done with Office 365.
Linux should mature way more for daily driving. Still has to eat more breads cuz Windows is still more easier to use, and on everywhere and every tech stores and repairs Windows can be found easily
Windows doesn’t allow dualbooting
@@AgentTex13 Which it already exists in the form of Windows 365. The thing now is, when will it bleed into end consumer's product. It will. Just needs time. Because M$ doesn't care about how their end consumers feel.
Linux does, thus a viable choice and why we slowly, but surely see more and more people considering it. Now, just the perseverance and patience is key to reach the freedom on however one wants it. It doesn't come entirely free. But lots of people are still stubborn, and corporations are testing on what those people can still take until the bubble finally pops.
@@WololoWololo2 It is only "easier to use", because it made you with that perception.
Used to be an over 20 year Windows user, been in Linux over a year and can safely say with how current situation is and how I don't wanna believe it gets better, I won't look back, will rather learn, adapt, and reach the goals that I'll never be able to with Windows and current M$'s nasty shenanigans. Which of course sometimes does mean sacrifices. It's a part of life.
With gaming, it's a great example. Titles that seem to lean towards Proton support, I'll gladly have, play, and have a good experience. If it doesn't? I stop supporting it. Why should I bother for those if they don't bother for us? Simple as that. And with software, it also starts to become that. Otherwise, we'll just reach tech dystopia at this point. Things like AI are again such a good example of it. More integration deep, as next installment of Windows suggests it wants to do, will only confirm it happening. If it already isn't in a way.
Yeah. no. not paying a subscription for updates.
There was extended support before this, you just have to forget about 22H2 features and then join the IoT LTSC 2021 gang
That’s what I did! And it’s going to be supported until January 13, 2032!!!
For those who want it, it’s called Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021, its basically Windows 10 without all the bloatware.
Except app/software developers still follow the usual end consumer edition support cycle, which is still bound on 10/2025. And not everyone will support the ESU. So, not a solution.
@@MichaelDustter Unless its a SaaS and they stop supporting your specific version, you can still continue running software you currently have, you'll just be limited to the last version that runs on your version of Windows.
If someone can point me to a no fuss no muss Linux OS that is basically windows 7
(and no Kubuntu doesn’t work for me as it refuses to recognize that the two HDMI ports on my USB C hub are even there. PC has one HDMI port and I have two external monitors, and no there is no adding a second GPU)
I’ve tried Mint, POPos (this one really annoyed me), zorin.
I just want to install and plug and play.
1. Do the HDMI ports work correctly under Windows?
2. What GPU do you have? If you have an Nvidia GPU you can try using Nvidia's proprietary closed source drivers instead of the nouveau open source drivers.
3. When testing the different distributions did you use a "Long Term Service" release or the latest one? Newer non-LTS releases feature a newer version of the Linux kernel which might help with your issue.
4. Have you tried searching for other people trying to use the same or similar hub? Often in these cases someone has already made a post about the issue and therefore the solution may already exist.
Fedora KDE/Cinnamon Spins
> I just want to install and plug and play.
Nobara OS will probably be your best bet then. It's still not gonna be straight up plug and play though; it's not so on Windows either with DirectX, .net frameworks etc. You'll still need to set a few things up like ProtonUp-qt and Lutris for the first time.
@@electricindigoball1244 1. Yes, it’s literally plug and play for this hub on windows. 2. Yes and yes I’ve tried that. 3. It’s the latest release of Kubuntu. 4. Yes I’ve tried searching for fixes and nothing has worked.
Probably linux mint. There are more advanced distros with cooler features, but linux mint "just works". It is super stable and I had no issues with it.
Imagine paying $100-$200 for a year's worth of security updates only. Or $30/month for a "cloud OS"... yet, just as there are people who pay 30 cents/gallon more for gas than they would at a station a half mile down the road, there will be bazillions of people who will do just that.
Unfortunate indeed, trying to keep as many milkers as possible. Well, not me, I got freed of those shackles.
Cool! So they've deleted the Windows 10 source code, burnt all of the remaining installation media and told the user base to go and run a proper adult's OS called Linux? That's how I would fix the Windows problem - and I wouldn't stop at 10 either!
does the registry edit to disable the cpu and security chip check still work? I breifly ran win11 on a second gen i5 with 4gb of ram and it seemed to run okay.
I just want to use Win11 without paying anything :(
Well then download Windows 11? Its already free if you got an Windows 10 PC came with it
@WololoWololo2 but I'm on 7th gen Processor, for Intel. It should be minimum 8th gen Processor to get permission to download it!
@@Furnive Bypass TPM requirements then and then after download Windows 11 lol
Hey man, you changed my life. 6 years ago you made a video called "Windows Tricks with Scripts", and ever since i watched that video, i started programming. You made my childhood.
Fast forward to today, I make complicated CMD programs, I'm a still-young programmer with a bright future.
Remember they said windows 10 was their last os and now launched windows 11 with requirements and making people cannot install windows 11 offically and bypassing it and now they are devoloping windows 12
Creating a problem and giving you a solution that gives profit to them😅
Which will have god knows what other quirks. Yeah, no, glad I'm not a part of that anymore xD
This kind of thing is why my new year's resolution has been to switch to Linux. I'm still typing this on Windows 10, but I've got Debian set up enough that I can do programming homework using it. I'm currently having trouble getting it to recognize my Wacom tablet, but after that it should be smooth sailing until I try and get my preferred sprite layout software working, as the game I'm working on is in the Godot engine, and I mostly use Blender and a bit of Gimp to make assets.
Many families have more than one Win 10 computer. I have four. This will turn out to be very expensive.
Switch them up and you'll save that money.
@@MichaelDustter Can you explain?
@@matldn2697 Well, Linux of course. Win is eventually bound to get subscriptions. Even if it was "disproved" for now. Corpos long ago don't care about how user feels.
@@matldn2697I think they mean switch the computers to Linux. It's always free, forever and without spying and selling your data
I don't even trust them to give me the services I've paid for tho
Exactly. This is Microsoft taking an essential service you already paid for when you bought your copy of Windows (security updates) and putting it behind a subscription years after the fact.
Dude if you really think vote with your wallet works on this case, you're delulu
Need I remind you Windows is a paid software, we are not the product here. MS needs to do better
Linux lookin mad fine rn 🫦
~ 7:20 I‘ve considered switching to Linux because of privacy concerns in Windows 10/11, but ultimately decided against the idea.
Problem is, it is easy to say „use Linux for everything else“. When you want to play games that are only build for Windows, you cannot simply go around that. Yes, Steam has an own OS, but there are older games I love to play, and not all games are supported on other platforms.
Now I’m working with Windows 11, at least with massive manual removal work after the installation process. But that should not how things work imo. 😢
I would suggest keeping a side loaded drive just for Linux, and try those older titles.
Even compatibility on windows is dubious with older titles, it's worth a shot given Proton's advancements and enhancements in addition to GloriousEggrolls Proton, etc.
There is a lot of wrong with what you said on the surface level. SteamDeck/It's OS are not the only way to play your Steam Library on Linux. All Linux Distros can use Proton (Compability Layer) on your Steam, so all of the compatible games with it (more than 92% as far as I remember) will run on Linux. And mostly non-Steam games can still run with the help of Lutris and Bottles. "There are older games I want to play", those are the easiest games capable to run on linux through wine so I don't know what you are talking about, you would have to be more specific. Overall gaming on Linux has become far better than the past 2 years, most games will work with some necessary tinkering from time to time. So your comment is either wrong or lacking any depth.
You can play Windows-only games on Linux. In case of many Windows-only games Valve's Proton compatibility layer allows you to play them by just clicking the Play button in Steam.
SteamOS isn't a separate operating system. It's just a Linux distribution and you don't need it to use the Proton compatibility layer as it is included with the Linux version of the Steam client.
Linux gaming has come a long way, pretty much the only things that don't work rn, are some multiplayer games where the devs configured the anti cheat to purposely not work on it (cause they hate us)
There are powershell scripts available for debloating and you can customize them or make your own... write down what you removed manually and find an automated way to do it
Will upgrade from w10 to w11 "free" be a limited time offer too?!
linux seems like a VERY good option right now.
Mint, Zorin and Pop OS are three solid noob-friendly choices.
@@musicalneptunian thank you
I switched to Linux. All of my machines too. Running Fedora on my PC. My home media server which was on Win 10 to Debian. Mostly because I can't use my intel RST raid array, had to move a ton of data around and recreate the software array in linux. Took a few days of just transfering files lmao but its all said and done. Luckily I already had a decent amount of linux experience before making the switch.
I also have a Windows 10 VM with a single GPU passthrough setup with bash scripts in those cases where I want to run a game or application that doesn't work with proton or wine. I'm able to give it 12 threads and 16gb of ram and still have 12 threads and 16gb of ram for the host. I can't see the host GUI while windows is running but I can SSH into it. Otherwise it works flawlessly including windows GPU drivers.
Man am I ever glad I recently switched to Linux
I skipped Windows 8 and stayed on Windows 7 until Windows 10 came out, and I'm pretty sure I was one of the people who upgraded from 7 to 10.
I plan on doing the same as I don't like Windows 11 im hoping with Windows 12, they bring back the familiar look of Windows 10 in Windows 12
I call Windows 12 the modern-day Windows 8, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels this way about Windows 11
From a lot of the rumors Windows 12 might just become a subscription service, so good luck with that strategy, it might be time for you to look into a good Linux distro like Manjaro Gnome/KDE, Solus Budgie, Mint DE(Debian Edition), or Chrome OS Flex if your needs are very basic.
Meant to say Windows 11, I call Windows 11 the modern-day Windows 8
I move to linux permanently after steam release Proton & DXVK API.
So now i have better operating system for daily use, i play many windows title games in my linux machine and i have better experience for Coding.
I fail to see anything surprising here... since many Windows 10 computers CANNOT run Windows 11.
So they're telling you that you'll have to pay to continue to safely run a product you've ALREADY PAID FOR.
(Oddly enough I don't recall being told that Windows 10 had an expiration date when I bought it outright.)
remember when 10 was promised to be the final perpetual version of windows?
3rd option: LInux. I hope Wine will be good enough when the time comes
Wine is definitely pretty advanced even now
Already is. There's even Bottles.
@@MichaelDustter Then there's anti cheats that don't work on linux
@@Daniele63 Which I could care less about, as they tend to be from shady companies as Bungie anyway. So, what doesn't support these technologies, or as could say in Bungie's case, are even actively going against supporting such, I won't in return. Simple as that.
@@MichaelDustter Yeah it is super annoying when an otherwise good game uses these software. Of course you can just say: play something else, well what if i want to play that game ?
How many software and games and even hardware in some cases do i have to lose to use Linux ?
That's the reason i don't switch yet. And it's not linux's fault, which is good on it's own, it's just that stuff isn't made for it.
But maybe, later.
yeah, just gonna switch to TempleOS
😉
The only thing that will happen which should be the thing that happens. is everyone sticks to windows 10 no matter what.
Just like windows 7, this would just force windows 10 to be supported. sure they will try the subscription this for support but the majority of the market would not use it dues to how many subscription things there are.
Especially seeing how allot of people will not go and buy a new system just to run windows 11 (Yes i know there is a workaround but the majority of people arent that teksavy )
And before anyone says "Switch to Linux", Personally i am trying to but not allot of people have that luxury or know how to. Plus, Linux is a very user unfriendly OS despite some distros trying to make it more user friendly.
Then they're still to blame, as they're not willing to inform themselves on the current situation of things.
And sure buddy, that's why I transferred some non-techies and since then, I haven't gotten any calls or messages that they would have a problem to fix. Which was happening way more with Windows. Doesn't sound like "unfriendly" to me. But you keep being at mercy of M$'s more increasingly aggressive shenanigans.
@@MichaelDustter
Well it depends on use case too no?
Not everything someone would like to do just works on linux.
And linux does have issues, maybe not bugs that randomly pop up but definitely the initial setup is a hassle for stuff.
Easiest example for me is Remoting into my machines, windows has RDP, Linux has XRDP and its varients.
RDP is with the machine and just works, even doing some changes to it wouldnt make issues.
XRDP on the other hand is a hassle to setup, even when following the exact steps on a updated guide can result to the system not working or partially working.
and like i said in my main comment that you ignored. Linux is very User Unfriendly, especially for non tech people.
i could write a whole essay of problems with linux that does need to be fixed, but allot of linux youtubers already have talked about them.
and again, depending on use case, linux can be amazing or very horrible.
@@sami300war Well, in whatever case, due to increasing shady practices, Win won't see my apartment ever again. But that's up to everyone to fight against. No matter the convenience. Because convenience is exactly what's killing markets and allowing more and more scummy practices. It technically "increases" them temporarily in a way only because people give in too easily to them. But history always repeats itself, and nothing will stay like this forever. Even Windows or M$ in that matter. It's not the end-of-all. And that worse for people will be, if they won't have a backup plan. Which I can imagine in this case will be a lot.
But that's, yet again, just up to us, and how we'll handle ourselves. Personally, glad I learned Linux prior, and do know I'm not any kind of tech expert. I just know to backpedal when I see things going wrong. Which they are here, and they won't be getting better, given how corporations only see profit instead of user feedback.
And given how current market shifts towards subscription-based crap, tech dystopia and "You'll own nothing, but you'll be happy" tactic, thanks, I'll gladly sacrifice the convenience to learn something that at the end of the day after putting effort into it, will give me true freedom and control of things on how I want them, not how some random billion corporation will dictate me to do so. And it does sometimes require sacrifices. It's just a part of life, it's not only applicable in tech.
@@MichaelDustter i agree that the problem of everything being convenient makes these scummy practices possible.
But there needs to be a level of convenience for linux to be at for more people to adopt it.
@@sami300war Which there is. It's just a different workflow. But for example KDE Plasma's UI is way more intuitive now than current 11's crap. Hell, even allows to move panels easily.
The notion of people of "wanting a thing to be 100% exactly the same as the previous one" is still just a notion showing unwillingness, laziness and how people get too attached to things as a whole. Which is just wrong. Because that will cost one eventually. Never dull out on changes, ever. Otherwise one'll just keep complaining.
I've been using Arch Linux for at least 1 and a half years by now, and I didn't look back. If an App/Game do not support Linux, then I simply do not run it. In case of requiring, and I want it, then I just hop on a KVM Windows 11 VM.
More common sense kicking in. Don't support trash that is not willing to get along, simple as that.
"i use arch btw" moment
I've been seeing a lot of comments taking about switching to Linux. Is that hard to do? Cause i might just switch my windows 10 to Linux if that's the case.
Depends?
Linux Mint you flash into a USB , boot from it and run the mostly automatic installer.
For Arch you better have another computer open in its wiki while installing unless you have installed it so many times its rote.
altho, check your graphics card first. if its nVidia, you might have problems. AMD's work out of the box in linux
It really doesn’t make sense to me on why microsoft cut off so many users from windows 11 but its nice knowing theres extra support for 10 after its eol
Can I use ms office in linux other then libra office. If anyone plz say. Thanks in advance ❤
Yep, screw this, I'm abandoning anything that isn't cross platform/open source and moving to Linux.
I prefer switch to Windows 11 and keep using it even with an unsupported hardware, since Rufus offer a way to skip hardware requirements for instalation.
Well support end doesn't mean that an OS is not usable, we can still use it but with no regular updates - like someone cares about it 😂
You amuse yourself too easily.
You will once some unpatched threat will affect you. :)) Luckily don't have to worry about this anymore here.
wait until other software start doing the same but i doubt it is going to happen as fast as what happened to windows 7
i own a Dell Inspirion 3560 my papa purchased brand new in mid-2017 and it's two years away from being unsupported?!?!
Microsoft is still sending monthly security updates for Windows 7. I was getting them until I upgraded to Win 10 a week ago.
We were one of the victims of the put Windows 10 on one of our work laptops, without permission. Luckily I caught it in time and my brother who is more tech savvy than me (electrical engineer), stopped it in it's tracks for good, before it could do any damage. Now excepting for the kind of work my brother and cousin do that require you to use a windows computer and our accounting program used in my country. I've got the other office pc on Linux Mint cinnamon edition, as well as any old laptops and my Desktop at home as well. Linux has come a long way and fast in the last few years. Though I still tell people they need to know at least how to put thier own OS on thier pc and know how to search google and ubuntu and Linux Mint websites and be able to follow instructions to reasonably work with Linux. I'm one of them and when I tried 6 years ago, it was over my head. But about 4 nearly 5 years ago, things improved drastickly and I was able to get on. Just at the right time when every thing went wrong with Windows for me. But even now, it is just not quite there if you are completely clueless. You know the people we used to joke about thinking a CD rom tray was a coffee cup holder. Though it is getting there.
You can fully disable telementry with a few tweaks btw!
The last quality product to come out of Microsoft was the wireless laser mouse 6000.
I changed to linux, and i been happy so far.
If anything it has been so troublefree than i was hoping to finaly learn Linux but i literaly just dint had to
Bloat + Spyware combo
At least the ESU programme is available for any everyone
Ehh, I'm just going to swap my family's pcs to windows 11 before this happened. I don't think they want to pay for windows again.
Windows Spy Blocker is a useful option too if you don't want to use Linux.
8:11 fin.
Just keep using Windows 10. You don't need any "security updates". I disable Windows Update the second I install it cause I don't want stuff to break randomly. Never had an issue!
I am using Linux for 14 years, Windows 10's just infurating to use for the 2h i use of it every 3 months on my burner laptop for windows shit. I ended up rewriting a bunch of code in the materia-awesome layout i use on Arch and it drove me crazy about how unefficiant Windows has been in the design of it layout yet people don't realise what they are missing out on. Cannot wait for pappy el gringo's next project which will use wayland.
do the average user even care about windows update?
Making piracy a more viable option.
I'll continue using Win 10 Pro, but I won't be paying for extended service. I can't switch to Win 11 as all my hardware is too old, and I really don't like the direction MS is going. So, as soon as the holidays are over, I'll be dual booting Win 10 plus Linux. After I prove that all of my software that requires Windows will work running on a virtual machine in Linux, then I will delete Windows off of everything. Enough is enough!
More common sense, love to see it.
imagine paying 100$ for insecure spyware that sells your data to hackers
Honestly Windows 11 and the upcoming Windows 12 is just a massive advertising complain for Linux done by Microsoft
W11 literally motivated me to adapt to Linux. For that, I'm exceptionally grateful.
Same here. W11 was the last nail in the coffin for me. They took away so many features just to try and force people into subscription models
@@PDD555 Technically, 10's ESU can be taken as one. And it will bleed into some future installment for consumers, I bet, given how current market milks money out of people for inferior products that they don't even own. Luckily, Linux won't ever get affected by this.
@@MichaelDustter yup, they're already planning to have every tech system be a remote instalation and it's showing with the whole gaming experience W11 has. They'll force you to not own anything one day
@@PDD555 Indeed, it's how current market wants to trick you into thinking you'll have "convenience", but at the cost of you owning nothing. No, thanks, I for one am done with such bullcrap of them thinking I'll bite each bullet they'll shoot at me.
I think the wording for the microsoft OS updates (starting from xp to vista) was misleading. It was not that a newer OS needed stronger hardware, it was that the tasks that the users performed ran slower on a new os that on the previous os version on the identical hardware ran perfectly fine.
An operating system has no value in its own, its value is to run applications. And the set of applications that someone uses every day does not change because of an os update. And this was, where vista failed. The daily tasks, may it be internet and mail, may it be writing letters, or, in my case making music, which ran perfectly well on xp, suddenly became incredibly slow. Even a simple copy of a file took three times more time.
And that invaluated the new features.
If you can‘t provide the basics (doing the same as before as fast or maybe even faster as before) there is no value in additional features. And this approach, the basics becoming more and more unresponsive while lots of bling bling was added on top, became evident since vista.
Moving from xp to win 7 gave me a decrease in performance in music related tasks of about 40% , from a high performance audio workstation to a mediocre performance. Then i had to replace some hardware, und update some software, but could keep the performance stable, and now going from win7 to win10 i have lost another 10-15%, again, on the same hardware and software.
And now, microsoft tries to convince me, to invest into hardware and update to win12, to do the same as before, but with another 10 % performance loss ?
@@MichaelDustter unfortunately linux provides no professional infrastructure for audio/midi recording and editing, again it is the applications that count….
@@MichaelDustter expecting that response, i used „no professional“ wording. There is no linux alternative to the coreaudio/coremidi or asio on linux that provides the same low latency and simplicity to install/maintain, and there is no ableton or reaper or logic or melodyne on linux, and there is no vst support.
How much i would to see this all under linux, it is still not on the priority list for the devs.
Btw none of these technologies, when under windows, was developed by microsoft, what they did, was sub-par too.
Switched to Linux and never looked back mac is actually better than Windows at this point
Yeah no, at parts even worse, especially with them doing looming e-waste purposefully.
this is some serious bs my computer has windows 10 on it and i cant update it to windows 11 cause my hardware doesn't support it something about a tpm chip
Recommended Linux distro that has most of the functionality as win10?(office, programming, games, Art focus programs, etc)
Funny thing, you can use about any distro, but to shorten your options to come up with a decision.
KDE Plasma it's the most windows 10-like Distribution, just hope you have enough power to run it, However i would recommend you reducing the sheer amount of effects that it has so your computer will not slow down when using it.
@@RayOfSunlight984i dont care about the effects, but the functionality.
Edit; thx, i almost forgot to say it.
Oh, its a "launcher" like in the android, what i want is the distro, not the visuals.
I guess linux mint cinnamon should be perfect. I have the same needs as you and it has worked fine so far. It's super stable and simple
@@curryleavesbydhanya Linux Mint maybe the perfect choice, but the distro itself it's not perfect, remember, people are constantly improving it
@@MiriadCalibrumAstar There's Manjaro Gnome/KDE, Solus Budgie, Mint DE(Debian Edition), etc.. that all offer a traditional customizable desktop experience. Just don't treat Linux like Windows because it's 100% not, keep things updated when your distro pushes them out including the Linux kernel, don't use the latest bleeding edge hardware(give the devs time to get things working like new GPUs, APUs, and CPUs) and you will have a much better experience. You're only really issues at this point if you follow these rules are some oddball printers(HP, and Brother work really well for my experience), along with less common WiFi, and Bluetooth chipsets.
Linux is simply a superior option right now, since it's mostly community driven operating system.
Windows 365 has had a version for consumers for a while. 100 USD per year per 5 accounts or 70 USD for 1 account. You do not get to pick what is in it and it reads like a low end machine for Office 365 and web browsing which is enough for most. The part of being locked to 1TB including the OS space makes it seem like it is made for the average consumer not a gamer nor anything to do with development of anything
And now let's imagine this coming to end consumers. PFFF. I can't wait for this to happen, so much. Because it will. That it was disproved now says nothing. Greed of corporations and how they see profits of subscription-based models just cannot be trusted, at all.
@@MichaelDustter it has been for end consumers. It just isn't marketed that well is all as you already can see the major issue with it is you can buy a stand alone copy of windows for the cost of 2 years of the cloud version.
Still it sells somewhere in the world and thus it is provided for all.
@@yumri4 True. Yet I can still see this for end consumers to eventually get forced. Same fate happened with Office.
I've used Windows since 3.11, with minor experiments using linux. After Win10, my next OS will be a linux distro. MS can go to hell.
Better to start adapting now, bits by bits. You'll get overwhelmed when it gets all at once.
Windows 10 was an improvement over Windows 8, but that's not hard. The spyware, loss of update control and Cortana made it difficult to get on with. I liked Windows 10 once I disabled the majority of the spyware and Cortana, but it shouldn't have been necessary. I like Windows 11, it's quite simple to use but it is unfinished. I am transitioning one of my computers to Linux to test it out and see how I get on with it, as with the way Windows is going, I may not want it much longer.
i will get the ESU. privacy was important for me back in the day but Windows is much more important to me.
Windows 11 is an Windows 10 Mod from Microsoft that sucks. i have to develop programs and my buisnes recuires Windows for that. they still have computers running Windows Technical Preview but the majority are running Windows 10. i aslo love Windows 10's ui and i dont wanna switch to a rubishOS.
You already are using a rubbish OS for the very fact you are paying a subscription to get support now on top of the license you already paid. Keep it up paypiggy. lol
@@lindenreaper8683 You know what I find the most funny about the ESU announcement? How they didn't even reveal the pricing yet. But what are my bets it's gonna be a yearly subscription, just as was with W7. How dumb just one is to fall to that.
Oh, and just also found that Windows 365 users will have it at no additional cost. That just doesn't point at all how subscription-based model is not their future at all, nooo xD gosh, hasn't it been such a better time than now to make the full switch.
Why couldn't they do this for Windows 7
Can they just not let us stick with Windows 10 the way that it is forever? Reject modernity, embrace tradition.
My mom's old work computer was still able to run Windows XP unscathed until they forced an update on it, that eventually did nog matter because my mom left her job anyway.
That's what Linux does. Time to adapt.
@@MichaelDustter I've used Windows all my life, why would I switch?
@@IABITVpresents Because of increasingly aggressive practices that they've been doing with Windows lately. Especially considering 11's requirements. As someone who has to live on a budget, did refurbish an older rig recently to make it perfectly serviceable, only to get being tried to tell by MS to throw it away just to adapt to their new system, while I could instead adapt to something that will mainly assure continuous support to my hardware? It's obvious what I'll pick. Not jumping to every dirty trick out there. And so should anyone if they want to retain their sanity.
I don't want to adapt to something I've never used just because it's for us by people who love us. I just want Microsoft to do better...
@@IABITVpresents Then you're naive. Keep hoping for something that's not gonna happen. The practices are getting more intrusive with each build release, and it's not gonna just stop there like that. Also gave numerous chances. But it's just not possible. Blocking essential customization apps that make W11 even remotely usable is the last straw for me. Linux is the future for those who want to retail control of their own hardware and software.
You know what they say - Linux is free only for the people who don’t value their time - but Windows is increasingly not saving me time or money, so the switch is becoming more and more financially appealing every year.