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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Before Dimdows 10 Goes EOL, I'm Testing Linux To Save My Laptop
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Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2025 04:42:53 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sat, 28 Jun 2025 20:47:17 -0700, T wrote:

> On 6/28/25 8:24 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>> But if it is a legal requirement, then you have to make it work. Or
>> else.
> 
> True.  It is the law in this state.
> 
> So I have a lot of experience with the problems associated with "keeping
> things up to date".
> 
> W10's end of support is actually a blessing in disguise.

But you’re just replacing incremental system updates with a large system 
upgrade. After which the patch treadmill starts over again.

If you were having problems with update patches before, that’s not going 
to go away just by moving to a newer version of Microsoft’s same old OS.