Clojurians Log v2
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https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-support-ends-on-october-14-2025-2ca8b313-1946-43d3-b55c-2b95b107f281. Which means no more updates/security patches. But, if you are like me and are happily running Windows 10 in a Virtual Machine on a 2013 iMac (or era equivalent), you can get a 1-year of "Extended Security Updates" This might cost you $30 or might be free. To give it a shot: Windows 10->Settings->Update & Security->Enrol
decided to bite the bullet and transition some machines to windows 11 a few months back...
I was hoping to bite that bullet when my old iMac (which is running Linux like a champ) kicks the bucket.
even high end processors from 2016 (e.g. i6700K) are not supported by Win11. But my really low tech from 2021 Celeron mini computer is. My desktop, while older, is a much more capable machine (running Linux like a champ too).
The only thing I need windows for is running my tax software once a year. 😝
Ha! Same use case here Ludger! I also use Windows to test that my Clojure OSS efforts work on Windows - and diagnose when they don’t!
That is done on my laptop from work, which is Windows too unfortunately. But I don't want to make my tax declaration on that.
I give the "Extended Security Updates" a try. Thanks for the tip.
> The only thing I need windows for is running my tax software once a year. Just out of curiosity - have you tried running in on your Linux desktop? I sometimes do have to use Windows on a VM, but the vast majority of time I can run something on Linux. With just a bit of tinkering could even run things like Revit, vvvv, TouchDesigner. Some things are not perfect, but usable. I think the only thing that truly demanded Windows that I needed to use was some cryptography software years ago that needed to do some things at the kernel level or something like that. Right, maybe the tax software also uses cryptography for something...
Never tried. I need the Windows VM for OSS testing/diagnosing anyway, so just also use that come tax time.
I've heard that you can use W10 IoT LTSC and get support for like 10 more years
I installed linux (Zorin) on my wife's laptop last week. Last time I tried to do that for casual users was more than 10 years ago. I think it will be an easier sell this time, considering how much more is done via web/mobile apps these days.
I tried to run the tax software with Wine on Linux some years ago and it didn't work out. As long I have a VM capable of running Win10, I will use it.