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What I learned from 3 years of running Windows 11 on “unsupported” PCs (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
  1. Use another OS (I hear temple OS is even better then 11 these days)

I would vote for 2. myself, its not like the security updates have been deal breakers before (nothing is secure anyway).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Oh we’re talking about all options including outside of Windows? Well gee life has a lot to offer, even things more glorious than using Linux.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

You're about to get ripped to shreds for daring to suggest the odds of anything actually happening to someone on a recently discontinued operating system are not dramatically higher as long as the user has basic use cases and basic tech literacy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It does make me wonder if perhaps malicious actors have novel intrusion methods waiting in store for the deadline because they know those people won’t just get a patch the night the intrusion gets detected. MS would probably love it, because some people would go running scared to pay to upgrade.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Eh I am used to it. Even when I ask for an example of a end user getting compromised from using out of date software (like a news story, court case, etc.) and they come up empty I am still somehow the "insane" one. You are better to learn to back up things, not get caught in phishing attacks (the most common risk) and watch your accounts then even worrying about security updates.

Worked 15 years in the industry but, hey what do I know..... Not like your bank is still using server 2008 and windows 7 or anything......