As the Windows 10 EOL date is close I was wondering what fellow Linux users thoughts about it are.

Are you helping open minded people making the switch to Linux? If yes, which distro are you using? Are you using resources like endof10.org?

Or are you using the the opportunity to get your hands on some cheap hardware for your homelab? Are you keeping an eye on special websites or just ebay (or your local equivalent)? Are you talking with local companies to get the hardware directly from them?

Or are you just observing and enjoy your peace of mind because you switched already to Linux before?

Whatever it is, we are very interested to hear your stories concering this interesting time.

  • Señor Mono@feddit.org
    5·
    2 days ago

    Feel you. If you are tech savvy you can debloat Windows for them and get rid of recall and the online accounts.

    • monovergent@lemmy.ml
      4·
      1 day ago

      It’s a once-off operation if you’re willing to go the LTSC route. Microsoft likes to undo all your hard work debloating Windows with the semi-annual major updates on non-LTSC editions.

      • Señor Mono@feddit.org
        11·
        18 hours ago

        There are some good tools to create stripped ISOs and to adjust running installations.

        • 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          2·
          18 hours ago

          You can strip ISOs of some bloat but you cannot strip M$ out of it , tho. And there’s always a chance an update adds it back in.

          I had outlook appear back on one of my laptops after an update. I had removed it ages ago. Some services do the same.

          So, are you going to limit updates too? That’ll make it vulnerable.

          My point is, it’s just going to be cat and mouse game with “cleaning or stripping” Windows.

          • Señor Mono@feddit.org
            1·
            16 hours ago

            See, I run a stripped Windows for playing games that don’t run under linux. I update it regularly and nothing intrusive was re-added by updates. The other systems I use are linux and macOS, with each OS having its purpose.

            In acknowledge that Linux is not intrusive and that you have to have PiHoles and other DNS sinkholes for a basic protection, which is hard for regular people. But in the end you have to look at peoples needs and if somebody insists he needs Windows, and you are knowledgeable in IT stuff, make it as secure and clutter free as possible.