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Windows 10 support quietly extended until Oct 2027, as users reject Windows 11
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this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2026
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I know many people are pushing Linux but imagine having to train basic users on another OS after decades on Windows? It's fine for your home lab, but blows ass for a windows shop
But every version of windows requires training because they keep changing crap for no reason.
As in why the split between settings and control panel. Why the nonstop start menu changes? And so forth
Windows 10 to 11 is a much simpler jump than 10 to Ubuntu.
Having separate interfaces for user settings and system settings makes sense for companies that prevent users from changing system settings.
The Start Menu shit... probably just a strategy to get people to use bing.
They both contain both types of settings, though.
Uh if your employees can't learn a slightly different interface that can be made to be almost identical to windows you should fire them. They suck and said employees are fucked on the job market.
IDK, some asshole recommended one of my elderly family members a chromebook, he can't adapt to it, and lost the admin password. Windows 10 shoves shovelware and random updates on his computer confusing him anyway, do you really think LMDE is going to be that much harder to understand than having to explain to him where the fuck avast antivirus came from?
if it's a problem that linux is unfamiliar, then don't worry because windows 11 is a bigger change from 10 than modern kde linux
I’d say it is worse trying to find replacement for software not available on Linux and trying to adjust/learn the new workflow when you do.
On the other hand, a lot of software I wanted was primarily Linux, so that was nice when I switched.
It's so much easier than you think, it's not even funny
~~I really wished I saved the thread but there was a great post on Reddit back in the day of a sysadmin that successfully move his entire company to OpenSUSE~~
I fond it lol: https://web.archive.org/web/20220128145708/https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/sesmwr/finished_a_full_corporate_migration_from_windows/
(comments): https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/sesmwr/finished_a_full_corporate_migration_from_windows/