Yeah this is the last push for me, when 10 dies I’m switching

It’s easy. Ask and questions will be answered.

TuxedoOS is as close as I've seen to just out of the box functionality. I've been very happy with it

Do it. The most important thing is to go in not necessarily expecting everything to be exactly like Windows. You can get a pretty similar experience if you use something like KDE as the desktop (Kubuntu, etc), but don't be mad if things work a little differently in places, it generally isn't worse (and is usually better) but it is different.

Use a USB stick with Ventoy to install it. It's the easiest way in my opinion. There's plenty of tutorials on youtube.

Lol talking to people is different than wanting to talk to your computer. Literally just making shit up at this point.

This is supposed to pair with Copilot Actions, which allow the AI assistant to perform tasks on your local machine, like editing folders or looking stuff up.

Good thing the training data doesn’t include thousands of people over a span of decades consistently repeating that the solution to every problem is to delete system32.

Mega clippy

They know how much people hate this shit already. They don't need the focus groups.

They're doing it because they want greater access to everyone's data, they want to see exactly what is on every single machine and be able to use all of that information for their models or whatever else. Data is what they're after and they will do shit nobody likes to get to it because they're pursuing the AI bag.

This will stop when the AI bubble pops. For now they're all in on this because it's the part of the market with the highest growth.

Companies do not pursue "make product better", they pursue "make more money for our shareholders". If increasing your stock value comes from going all-in on AI then they'll do that regardless of any consequences to the user. They will only divert from this path when the market diverts from AI.

They have done focus groups though, but they cook the answers to fit the AI support, e.g. if respondents write "I feel pressured to use AI to keep up", Microsoft spins it as "XX percent of workers use AI to get ahead". I've seen the drip feed propagAInda they push on my work PC and on the LinkedIn feed, they're going hell for leather. It's a paper thin justification over what Awoo rightly identifies as the real motive

They’re positioning themselves as the company that won’t require ai and will be most fastidious when using it. It’s why their ai integration is the farthest behind.

I'm still hanging on to the dual boot for the rare cases it comes in handy, but I really need to at least wipe that partition down to the bare minimum and rerun the Titus scripts.

Why not start Linux now so when you're forced to occasionally fall back as you develop your new workflow you can?

To answer your actual question, lack of support is, practically, the loss of updates that fix current problems and the shift of software support. A rotting house is still a shelter, just with more bugs.

Dont shell out for enterprise, check out KMS bypasses for enterprise install, theyre quite effective.

Don't pay Microsoft. If you have to use Windows, see https://massgrave.dev/windows10_eol. You might want to try out Linux now though, it's not as scary as it sounds...

Don't pay Microsoft. This took me under 5 minutes to do and now I should allegedly still get Windows 10 security updates without needing to pay Microsoft or make a Microsoft account.

https://massgrave.dev/#how-to-activate-windows--office--extended-updates-esu

Linux is still the only viable long term path forward.

You should start dual-booting or experimenting with VMs right now. It takes time to familiarize yourself and adapt your workflow to Linux. You have to be proactive about this. Don't wait until Windows 10 is dead for good before making the switch.

You can just use the MAS scripts that people are linking you to to switch versions to and activate Enterprise and then after that activate ESU extended updates for 3 years (until Oct 2028) without spending a cent. They're less effort than doing it the official way too.

9.15%? unless you're not talking about Win 7

There isn't an alternative if you exclude Linux/other FOSS OS. You don't get one when you use a proprietary, capitalist-controlled OS. You are inherently at the whims of whatever capital thinks will give investors a stiffy.

Use the massgrave options another poster listed: https://massgrave.dev/windows10_eol

That will allow you to switch your windows version to 10 iot ltsc and keep getting security updates for a while. If you switch to 21h2 iot ltsc you can stay on till 2032.

If you don’t wanna use linux but you want to get away from windows, Macs are cheaper and better than I’ve ever known them to be (relative to the value of a dollar). You’ll have to relearn some stuff but as someone who uses windows, macos and linux daily, it’s no harder than getting used to driving a car with the selector or shifter on the column as opposed to the floor.

Windows 10 has some sort of extended security thing for a bit (1 year you just need to sign into a microsoft account, 3 years you need to pay $30). Could also get LTSC but I'm no expert and I'm pretty sure that eventually even that won't work because other software will stop supporting Windows 10. More info here.