From: ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com   
      
   On 2026-01-30, rbowman  wrote:   
   > On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 13:16:29 -0500, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   >   
   >> We all love to see the rising interest in installing Linux as a novelty,   
   >> but the reality is that the biggest beneficiary of the rejection of   
   >> Win11 is still Win10.   
   >   
   > There will be some hard choices. Someone on a Windows ng is bitching   
   > because TurboTax won't install on Win10. It's not going to fly on Linux   
   > either so what to do?   
      
   We just do our taxes online.   
      
   > There will be more and more things that won't install or update on Win10.   
   > They probably would work fine but software companies aren't going to test   
   > new releases on an unsupported OS so they'll do a version check and bail.   
   >   
   > How many will take the leap into the great unknown versus biting the   
   > bullet and buying a new laptop? The timing sort of sucks as AI sucks up   
   > every last bit of RAM.   
      
   It's obvious Microslop wants to kill Windows 10, so they'll do their damnest   
   to make that happen.   
      
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