I've seen a few posts on my feed the past few days about people mentioning the Windows 10 End of Support date coming up and figuring out what to do about it. You do NOT need to stop using W10 if you don't want to. And if you do, I'll list some options I've found to help for a graceful move. 🧵 - ThreadSky

blizzrdball.bsky.social • 44 days ago

I've seen a few posts on my feed the past few days about people mentioning the Windows 10 End of Support date coming up and figuring out what to do about it.

You do NOT need to stop using W10 if you don't want to. And if you do, I'll list some options I've found to help for a graceful move. 🧵

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blizzrdball.bsky.social•44 days ago

(2/9) Windows 10: While the mainstream editions of Win10 are going out of support by October 14th, a handful aren't. Mainly, W10 IoT Entperise LTSC aren't. Per Microsoft, this version of Windows will be supported until 2032: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-10-iot-enterprise-ltsc-2021

blizzrdball.bsky.social•44 days ago

(3/9) IoT LTSC is a barebones version of W10 with no telemetry, copilot, or really any of the standard issue bloat W10 originally came with. You can download it from Massgrave at the following link; be sure to select "WINDOWS 10 LTSC 2021" on the following page: https://massgrave.dev/windows_ltsc_links

blizzrdball.bsky.social•44 days ago

(4/9) Once installed, activate using the insrtuctions found at the top of this page https://massgrave.dev/

This works by using a generic product key used by Microsoft for a number of different internal & commercial purposes. If you have more questions, the link here explains a lot about it https://massgrave.dev/faq

blizzrdball.bsky.social•44 days ago

(5/9) If you'd like to move to Linux, then there are a handful of really good distros out that exist. In the end, IT DOESN'T MATTER! Linux Distros are a platform for you to work from and make your own. Its a matter of a starting point and continued support

Here's a list of 3 distro's I'd recommend:

blizzrdball.bsky.social•44 days ago

(6/9) Linux Mint: Mint is an incredibly stable and well respected distro that ends up being an onboarding point to Linux for a lot of Windows users. You'll find some good familiarity here and could use this in its base form forever and be just fine: https://www.linuxmint.com/

blizzrdball.bsky.social•44 days ago

(7/9) EndeavourOS: Endeavour was my personal choice for trying Linux for real. It's based on Arch, has a fantastic installer, and provides a ton of options for customization. Expect a bit less stability but more flexibility as you work with this distro: https://endeavouros.com/

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