I just got one of those cute little NUC boxes that came with win11 for $300. Far from a nice solution, since i have to KVM it into my desktop monitor, etc, but there's something to be said for it as easy as long as your windows-only app is lightweight.
Thanks Arun!!
On 2025-05-01 11:59, Arun Khan wrote:
> On Thu, May 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
> <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
>> I assume there was no firewall? I assume that a good firewall might
>> be
>> the solution for running win10 after it expires?
>
> IMHO, a consumer firewall can only do so much. The system may still be
> vulnerable to zero day exploits (with no update from MS), trojan
> payloads, etc.
Ok, had not considered these, thanks!!
> One needs to weigh the benefit and the risk of whatever you are doing
> with Win10.
Ok.
> In case you have a VM then, at a minimum I would suggest that you
> create a snapshot of the "pristine" version of your installation and
> save a copy of the "snapshot" on separate media for restoration in
> case of a compromise.
The Win10 is on a laptop that I run VirtualBox that have around 10 LAMP
VMs. It also runs my video software that only runs on M$.
My daily driver is an old dell running Kubuntu. I am not ready to
upgrade my hardware.... I have until Oct. So maybe I need to convert
that laptop to kubuntu and find a free Linux video editor. I hear
Kdenlive is a good choice.
>
> There's some internet chatter about MS providing security updates on a
> subscription basis but I don't know if that's applicable to Win10
> desktops, YMMV.
I've heard/read about this.... At this station in life I am on a
shoestring and really need to move away from M$ anyway...
Thanks!!
Keith
>
> -- Arun Khan
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