[BitwiseFool]

As unsafe as it may be, I plan to just keep using Windows 10 past the EOL date this October. I practice reasonable discipline in regards to online security and I will just handle all of my sensitive accounts and login activity on my Mac. I just really don't want to use the mess that is Windows 11 unless absolutely necessary. The way I see it, that's probably a few years away.

Edit: I am also comfortable using Linux, and I may end up spending a lot of time searching for the best distro that will work for me as a daily driver. I'm certainly open to that, but for now I plan to just keep chugging along with what I've got until I build a new PC.

[neepi]

Windows 11 LTSC looks and works almost exactly the same as windows 10 did. I can’t complain and I’m an expert at complaining.

[Ao7bei3s]

Windows 11 recently pushed an update to discontinue Windows Mixed Reality (WMR), bricking my <5 years old, $500 Reverb G2 VR headset, which I bought after Meta bought out Oculus and started requiring a Meta account, essentially bricking my Rift S. No thanks.

[greenavocado]

I met a guy using Word on Windows 95 in 2008. Only found out because he put in a support ticket.

[sho_hn]

As a non-Windows user, can someone neatly summarize what the problem is? I recently used Windows 11 a bit to port an app, and while it's a horrible OS to dev on, the UX just seemed like any other Windows.

[doubled112]

I'm not a fan of advertisements from my OS. I paid for it.

If I'm running Windows 11 Professional, I don't need the Windows Store to tell me I should check out Avowed Premium Edition in a meeting.

Or is somebody going to tell me it's my fault for leaving notifications on?

[Macha]

The TPM requirements rule out a lot of computers older than 5 years old.

With the pace of modern hardware development, a lot of these computers are still perfectly serviceable.

People are unhappy at being told to buy new hardware when they have working hardware.

(Other things that have concerned people: Further attempts to force people to microsoft accounts, more invasive copilot promotion, recall, A/B tested ads in explorer, etc.)

[sergiotapia]

One example: they will throttle your hardware with energy efficiency mode and you CANNOT turn it off. Enjoy using 20% of what you paid for. Insane!

[dayvid]

They moved the windows icon to the center

[xeonmc]

You can in-place upgrade to the IoT LTSC edition using MAS, which is supported through 2031

[mhb]

Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2021 LTSC Value - license - 1 license $110

https://www.cdw.com/product/windows-10-iot-enterprise-2021-l...

[coldpie]

Arch Linux if you're comfortable using a terminal and doing your own admin work; Linux Mint if you'd rather not.

[amanaplanacanal]

I'm a long time Linux user. I think the first version I installed was 0.11 back in the early-mid 90s. I worked in IT for most of my career until I retired a few years ago. After all that, I still don't have the patience to migrate to Linux. Between the games I enjoy and the music production software I'm used to using, is not worth the amount of time it requires fiddling with stuff. I wish it were different.

[nipperkinfeet]

There is nothing wrong with that, as long as you are aware of the risks and know what you are doing. I still use Windows 7 with R2 patches, and Firefox ESR. I don't plan on changing anytime soon.

[throwaway48476]

I'm just going to run LTSC in a VM.

[haiku2077]

I've been looking into this. Any app that currently works should keep working, but new versions (especially new games, or new patches for games) may not. New versions of GPU drivers, DirectX and so on were a particular area of issue.

Good choice for a machine built for a particular purpose that doesn't need to run any new software.