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Microsoft won't update your Windows 11 PC if it has these apps (www.xda-developers.com)
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[–] 16 points 2 years ago (4 children)

It's comparing apples to oranges, that said, the current version of Debian is much closer to the UX of Debian 6 than windows 11 is to windows 10

If the point of windows is you're paying for an operating system and should then have better support than a free alternative, they should be able to push security updates, especially if they're already committed to ensuring old windows app can still run inside new windows

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Mac OS is Apple to oranges against windows when it comes to OS support?

    Conveniently skipped that part and focused on Debian....

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

    No, it's not apples to oranges because Mac and windows are both paid support.

    If you want to compare apples to apples, then sure, Mac is better than windows. That's a low bar to beat though. I was comparing apples to oranges, which was a comparison in paid vs free support.

    But yes, macs desktop environment and user experience hasn't taken half as much of a dump as windows. But they're also based on Linux, and don't have to make the same commitments windows does

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago

    They did provide security updates for several years longer than any competitor. Even (or especially depending on your point of view) for a company like Microsoft a user shouldn't expect updates indefinitely at least not for the normal retail price.

    And to be clear: I also don't want to blame any of the named Linux distros. I recently migrated an old CentOS 6 server and it was about time. Sure there were still some security updates but several software components hadn't received updates for years and there were a lot of workarounds necessary to keep the thing in a somewhat decent and modern state.

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