Do you have a few minutes to talk about our Lord and Saviour, Linus Torvalds?
this post was submitted on 01 Apr 2026
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I always have time to talk about The Admin. Should I make some ~~tea~~ coffee to sip as we talk?
Oh no!
Anyway..
I use Linux BTW.
Yeah, its a terrible idea
If by "complicates... basic PC ownership" they mean "infringes on your property rights as a computer owner," then they're finally catching on to what I've been saying for damn near a decade.
You should not accept having an abusive relationship with your operating system, and that's what Windows has been since at least 8 (when they started infecting it with "telemetry"), if not earlier. Have some goddamn self-respect, people! Kick Microsoft to the curb!
Google onboarding on Android...
The key difference is that there are credible alternatives in the PC OS space. If I could ditch Android/iOS without major pain, I'd do it in a heartbeat.
Also win8: Hey, would you like NOT having a desktop? We've got tiles now!
If I were ever to use that Microslop thing they call OS, it would be mandatory to have a local user.
I do not mind if some/any OS has optional accounts for online services, nor do I mind possibility to use online account instead of local one.
As long as everything is purely optional and thus giving convenience or usability depending on the usercase.
Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC is supported until 2032 and free to activate.
Was it a hoax that Microsoft came after Massgrave?
And what does that accomplish? Delaying the actual problem to 2032?
It delays the problem for six more years, and it also gives me the satisfaction of ~~pirating~~ testing the only decent version of Windows free of Microslop bloat and vibe coded react.
the only decent version of Windows
Please stop romanticising Win 10 just because it's less shitty than 11. There is no decent Windows.
Reminder: Win 10 introduced
- mandatory telemetry (you can only choose between some telemetry and firehose telemetry)
- a built-in keylooger
- built-in advertising
- agressive nag screens containing dark patterns trying to trick users into "upgrading"
Exactly. It just delays the inevitable (maybe even sooner if something denies to run on "this old unsupported version"). As an old win-lover I never thought I'd say this:
Better switch to Linux, most of everything windows still works, everything else is just better and faster.
It gives you 6 years to transition to a better OS. Or to become CEO of Microslop and improve things.
It's honestly great, even for me who only boot into windows once every few months.
I wouldn't say "great". But great in comparison to 11 😁 But who needs 6 years of transition? The run-of-the-mill-user with office and Firefox could just switch and not even notice it. Despite libreoffice loading much quicker.
Great in the sense I don't have to bother for 6 years for a partition I will use less than 24 hours over that period of time haha.
So far I've used it to scan once (for some reason that day skan decided to not work) and to make a windows install USB for my SO.
I tried Expedition 33 thinking performance issues were a Linux thing by no, it's just like that.
So it's a long term unlikely to be used OS, and for that long support is great.