Monday, June 14th 2021
Microsoft Clears Way for Windows 11: Windows 10 Support to End October 14th, 2025
Microsoft has revealed the date when support for Windows 10 is going to end - effectively confirming that their original vision of Windows 10 being "the last Windows OS ever" is now dead. The information comes from Microsoft's own update to Windows 10's support life cycle page, which the company has amended with the final resting date set for October 14th 2025 for both Home and Pro versions of the operating system. Previously, the support life cycle page listed end of support dates for various release versions of Windows 10 - not the entire OS.
Adding this to the announcement that Windows would get a new, "next-gen" update; the related teaser art which omits the shadow of the window crossbar, making the cast shadow look either basically unrealistic (some Raytracing seems to be needed by Microsoft's art personnel) or, infinitely more likely, the omitted shadow serves to approximate the cast shadows as much as possible to 11. No official announcement by Microsoft, but usually 1 + 1 = 2.
Sources:
The Verge, Windows 10 Support Page
Adding this to the announcement that Windows would get a new, "next-gen" update; the related teaser art which omits the shadow of the window crossbar, making the cast shadow look either basically unrealistic (some Raytracing seems to be needed by Microsoft's art personnel) or, infinitely more likely, the omitted shadow serves to approximate the cast shadows as much as possible to 11. No official announcement by Microsoft, but usually 1 + 1 = 2.
172 Comments on Microsoft Clears Way for Windows 11: Windows 10 Support to End October 14th, 2025
If they get it enough right with Windows 11, they might have another winner like XP & 7. But they're going to have to please the professionals, power-users, enthusists and general public all at once. They should really focus on the first three and the public will follow the leaders, like it should be..
There's a lot of nostalgia about the simplicity of the early days, but we are too far gone, capitalism and internet are now inseparable, unless you choose to carefully cure how you live your digital life...which can be hard to do for some profession
What ever they call the os it won't be any different than what 10 is now
OS will remain free "If you subscribe to xbox and office 365 and of course use a ms user account"
getfedora.org/
Very much doubt there will be any number
They will likely just call it windows.
Actually it's win-10 hate more than windows in general
Linux well who says we aren't using it but frankly over the last 5-6 years it's gone nearly nowhere lol
Sure, you can preach for Linux, Wine, etc., but that's not the same as using Windows, specially when work is involved. Your app doesn't work like it should? Well, fuck you, you're using Linux and Wine, you don't get support for that.Same. I can understand why it happens (to a point, I think it's MS' fault for getting rid of like half the QA team, for starters), but like so much complaining from a lot of people and I'm just here counting maybe four instances of Windows actually fucking up by itself. And that's without taking into account that I've been using Insider builds since the beginning (which is basically running betas)I can get on that train but Settings needs at least the ability to open up multiple instances. One single instance sucks.Unlikely. Linux is basically unkillable in server space.
-games
-other programs like autocad, etc.
-a very similar windows GUI
-being able to just double click everything and work 99% of the time
-too many versions
-not enough focus on a true win home replacement
-drivers
-etc etc.
When win 10 was announced I remember GabeN saying valve would make a linux based OS, well I thought that would end up being a windows replacement or at least a true competitor, not half baked steam OS. I have tried Ubuntu and Mint, and they are decent, but not at windows level yet, some people have said manjaro, or this or that, etc. etc.
If a company would dev some version of Linux, free bsd, whatever into a true alternative to windows (works with everything and a neanderthal could use) I would gladly pay cash for it. I have been waiting since win10 came out.....................
Yeah linux missed a golden opportunity.
Again, as I said before... the average user doesn't give a rat's ass about choice. They just want it to work. Has anyone really stopped to think about why Android is probably the most successful operating system next to Windows? Yeah... because they took the choice away from the user and just made it work.
I rather have everything here than trawl through the pages on the settings applet.
My thoughts are that until the Linux community literally gets the word "choice" out of their vocabulary and makes an operating system that figuratively holds the user's hand at every single step of the way and treats the user as a complete idiot, Windows will still be king.