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[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

Well, I've been putting off switching to Linux for a long time now. I guess Microsoft is going to force my hand.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Are there any 10-year-old Linux distributions that are still getting free support?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Literally most of them. All the big ones like Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Arch, etc. are 10+ years old and still get updates pretty much daily.

Debian had its 30th birthday back in September, actually.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

There are free major upgrades though.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Upgrading from Windows 10 to 11 is also free.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

Actually, yes.

Debian has been supported since the early 90s, but admittedly that’s the only one I could name off the top of my head.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Or you can wait for the inevitable workaround to make Win 10 pull updates from the extended support channel for free.

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