𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoMicrosoft is is bed with Google now, in a worse, more OS-integrated way than Mozilla was [in bed with Google]. This timeline sucks.infosec.pubimagemessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1452arrow-down129file-text
arrow-up1423arrow-down1imageMicrosoft is is bed with Google now, in a worse, more OS-integrated way than Mozilla was [in bed with Google]. This timeline sucks.infosec.pub𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square96fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoI’m currently horrified how my (IT illiterate) employer said we need to update all our 20+ laptops to Win11 now. Consumer laptops that barely run Win10. To be clear, I’m not the IT guy here, though I do sometimes help out.
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoSame boat here. W10 is EOL. A crapton of good-enough laptops are about to go into the landfills all over your world. What a disgrace.
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agoYeah. Or they’ll go through with it, and then realize later that they “need” to buy new ones. Maybe I can still convince them to switch to Linux. We’re not dependent on any MS or Windows only products.
minus-squarealsimoneau@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoYou do though. W10 EOL is October, and you’re not gonna move to Linux, sadly.
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I’m currently horrified how my (IT illiterate) employer said we need to update all our 20+ laptops to Win11 now. Consumer laptops that barely run Win10.
To be clear, I’m not the IT guy here, though I do sometimes help out.
Same boat here. W10 is EOL. A crapton of good-enough laptops are about to go into the landfills all over your world. What a disgrace.
Yeah. Or they’ll go through with it, and then realize later that they “need” to buy new ones.
Maybe I can still convince them to switch to Linux. We’re not dependent on any MS or Windows only products.
You do though. W10 EOL is October, and you’re not gonna move to Linux, sadly.