Re: Microsoft Windows Deadline—10 Days To Update Or Stop Using Your PC

[Joe Neglia]

It may be mostly functional, but is WSL exempt from all the telemetry that
'Doze is notorious for?

On Sat, Oct 19, 2024 at 10:14 AM Snyder, Alexander J via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> It was the release of Windows Vista that first pushed me to embrace Linux
> full time. I've gone through cycles here and there, and although my primary
> PC is a Windows Surface Pro tablet, my entire homelab is 100% Linux/BSD.
>
> Small side note, Windows 11 isn't as awful as I had originally thought,
> and WSL is surprisingly functional. One could very easily operate entirely
> in WSL for a great majority of the day-to-day operations. The newest 24H2
> update integrated SUDO, which is really amazing!
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Alexander
>
> Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro
>
> On Sat, Oct 19, 2024, 09:08 Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss <
> plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I know this is a Linux list so this might be a little or maybe a lot off
>> topic.  This is a good reason to embrace Linux and go MS free.  It is my
>> goal to quit using MS by this time next year when MSW10 hits end of
>> life.
>>
>> There is a Forbes article titled "Microsoft Windows Deadline—10 Days To
>> Update Or Stop Using Your PC".
>>
>>
>> https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/10/19/microsoft-warning-for-14-billion-windows-10-windows-11-users-get-free-upgrade/
>>
>> I am surprised this has not been mentioned on the list.
>>
>> After reading the article it appears there has been some negligence on
>> MS's part.
>>
>> Keith
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