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    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      Well my organization uses Windows 11 with exchange 2008.

      Just kidding but I’ve heard of dumber things.

      • Davel23@fedia.io
        6·
        2 months ago

        I once had a client who didn’t want to buy new Office licenses for their brand-new Server 2008 terminal server, so had us install an old copy of Office 97 they had lying around. Surprisingly, it worked.

  • The_v@lemmy.world
    16·
    2 months ago

    I upgraded from Windows XP to Vista after the 2nd servicepack fixed most of the shit. By that point it was a tolerable OS.

    I am currently hoping for a major service pack next year to fix all the stupid shit they did in Windows 11.

    You know kind of like when they fucked up windows 8, attempted a quick fix in 8.1 and finally fixed it in win10.

    Of course they are at 4 major updates with win11 and it’s still shit so the hope is very thin.

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      103·
      2 months ago

      I can understand if you would want to delay on a personal machine. That’s your call. However, I am of the opinion that you should not gamble the business on it. You should not have any EOL devices in use, period. (Unless it is properly airgapped)

      • metaStatic@kbin.earth
        101·
        2 months ago

        You should not have any EOL devices in use, period.

        every business still running custom software on XP machines, press X to doubt.

        • Thorry84@feddit.nl
          3·
          2 months ago

          What do you mean? We just migrated that software to a Windows XP VM running on Windows 7! That was just 15 years ago, it’ll be good for another 15 for sure.

  • Godort@lemm.ee
    131·
    2 months ago

    Imagine not having windows 10 support until 2027

    -This post made by LTSC Gang

  • taiyang@lemmy.world
    10·
    2 months ago

    Wimdows 11 broke my laptop’s built in screen support, so it’s long overdue for a Linux upgrade. I just can’t decide which-- I like what Steam did with Arch, but I tried Manjaro and it was kind of ok until I borked it messing around as one does. Once I can decide a distro though, fuck Windows.

    • Liome@pawb.social
      12·
      2 months ago

      Manjaro is notorious for getting borked. If you feel you’re able, pure Arch is way better.If you want arch based OS, but with less hassle, I hear endevourOS is good. As for Debian flavour, Linux Mint is a good choice for begginers, many people also stand behind PopOS. Ubuntu used to be the top choice, but people should probably avoid it now, as Cannonical makes some controversial choices.
      Good luck!

  • astrsk@fedia.io
    111·
    2 months ago

    I have been off windows at home for almost 10 years now, I’m really dreading the day when our office computers have to be “upgraded” from 10.

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      51·
      2 months ago

      Just don’t wait till last minute. If you need to set a bunch of group policies go for it but you can’t safely stay on Windows 10

      • astrsk@fedia.io
        8·
        2 months ago

        Not my farm, not my pig. Gonna be attempting to steer my project requirements over towards the Linux side.

        • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
          33·
          2 months ago

          Just keep in mind the business needs come before your own beliefs and opinions. Like it or not chances are your business does not want to leave Windows.

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      121·
      2 months ago

      You just stop getting updates.

      And we all know how secure Windows is, so I really don’t recommend that.

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      61·
      2 months ago

      No secure updates never lead anywhere good. Will it be doomsday? No probably not. However, the malware authors are going to target Windows 10 as much as they can because it will become an easy target the longer it goes unpatched.

    • Davel23@fedia.io
      1·
      2 months ago

      If you really want to stick with Windows there are methods to bypass the CPU/TPM requirements of Windows 11.

      • BigFatNips@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        I also don’t support running windows 10 instead of Linux, but massgrave is very reputable and I’m pretty sure you can hash the ISO to be certain it’s the same as an official windows LTSC release

        • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
          11·
          2 months ago

          If you have the official release why are you downloading it from a third party website. At best you are breaking Microsoft TOS which makes your company liable.

          • MetaCubed@lemmy.world
            3·
            2 months ago

            No-one directly suggested this was intended for a company deployment. If people want to break TOS in the privacy of their own homes then that’s up to them.

            Edit: I’m dumb, didn’t see this was c/sysadmin

  • zer0bitz@lemmy.world
    31·
    2 months ago

    It’s been close to 10 months since I fully switched to Linux. I am running Arch on all of my devices. Server, laptop and desktop. Desktop I have borked few times, but no worries since I dont store any critical data on the drive. Only OS because of this. I know I will bork it in future too, but I like to learn new things and Linux is the best choice for that.

    Convinced my gf to also switch to Linux, but we are still trying to find a more stable distro for her. I feel like installing Fedora or MX Linux for her.