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lemme in@lemm.ee to Linux@programming.dev · 5 months ago

Save your computer from Microsoft's Windows 10 end-of-life planned obsolescence

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Save your computer from Microsoft's Windows 10 end-of-life planned obsolescence

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lemme in@lemm.ee to Linux@programming.dev · 5 months ago
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With Windows 10's end-of-life less than a year away, up to 240 million PCs could be expedited to landfill. Here are some ideas to delay that end well past 2025.
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    Use Windows 11

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      Here we’re talking about PCs that can’t officially run Windows 11.

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        at least when I pay the hackers they give me my shit back

        Firstly, that is absolutely not always the case. There’s no honour among thieves, as the proverb goes.

        Secondly, hackers do a lot more than simply encrypt your data and hold it for ransom.

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