Apparently Windows10 support ends on October 14th 2025. https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/windows-10-support-ends-in-4-years-but-this-is-what-you-should-know-now/
If there is no dedicated team, then who are you going to call for help?
Well I guess that depends on the nature of the problem and the person with the problem… a more techie colleague, a friend or family member, or an IT shop.
all the school I have seen use windows and Microsoft office
Me too - something I really don’t understand at all. And something which really needs to change.
This is a decision higher in the organization.
Again, you’re right. It’s persuading the people who make these decisions that not only is open source at least as good, but that it’s the smart move too.
I worked as an IT for four years
My commiserations.
Well… ignoring for a moment the tens of thousands of RaspberryPi that millions of kids will have had exposure to RaspberryPi OS on through code clubs, or as replacement computers (which is becoming more common), and all the Google devices used in one way or another…
- All the secondary schools I’ve worked at have had Technicians in the IT department. And
- as for primary schools, the tech competency of a teacher is the same whatever OS they happen to be using… If something goes wrong with the tech that they don’t know how to fix : they call for help.
It’s becoming obvious to me that one of the most significant obstacles to the adoption of Linux, is the attitude of techies, who want to keep it for themselves, because they get a kick out of wearing the “I’m techie enough to use Linux” tee shirt. :/
This is encouraging, but perhaps unsurprising, given the uncertainty surrounding the Nvidia-Arm deal.
A lot of companies are viewing RISC-V as a contingency plan for if the deal goes ahead : joining the foundation, hiring designers with RISC-V experience and contributing to the development of the ISA. My hope is: they’ll start seeing RISC-V as the better solution, going forward.
The takeover bid has weakened Arm’s claim of impartiality and the only way for them to heal that, so far as I can see, is for Arm to be an independent company again (or for them to open source the ISA!)
Who knows…!
If I were a Scot, I would have voted to leave. As a Brit, I’m glad they stayed… they civilise the UK, afaic.
I’m undecided:
From a pragmatic point of view… A United Kingdom of Great Britain, and a united Ireland seems sensible, administratively.
From a political standpoint, local seems best… Even if none of the states can provide for themselves, either on their own or together.
Obviously a very pro-indie site…
Post Brexit, somewhat surprisingly to some, it turns out that Northern Ireland are suddenly the most interested in leaving the UK, in favour of unification and a return to the EU fold.
Scotland’s coalition government have promised another referendum in the next year or so… I think it will be harder for the Leave campaign (even though many Scots can’t abide Tory rule), since the electorate feels that the decision has been made. To my mind, ~50:50, was the people saying “We don’t know”.
There’s been a pro-independence percentage among the Welsh, (and the Cornish) for as long as I can remember… but perhaps not as big a group as in Scotland.
And if you were to ask the people of England, there’s more than a few that would like to leave the UK there too.
Certainly it’s becoming apparent to many that leaving Europe has impoverished the UK - I wonder if any of the 4 countries will wonder if leaving the UK would impoverish them further?
It’s interesting that Keir Starmer was suggesting the other day that Yorkshire might have more autonomy. What’s actually, desperately, needed, is voter reform (and constitutional reform too, actually - though that’s less imperative.) The people are disenfranchised. Neither of the two main parties are interested in providing that, though.
I’m not so sure about that…
If CAS’s work on a desktop-power processor goes according to plan, the reality might well be that, over the next few years, Microsoft software simply won’t flash onto any new hardware avialable to buy.
There are already versions of Linux being used… My guess is - simply because they are the easy solution - they will be adopted.
One of the attractive things about open source software is that it can be audited… And if the people are not happy with one open source operating system, they can always flash an alternative.
It makes a lot of sense :
- the tech trade dispute is forcing China to design and manufacture its own processors.
- open source operating systems are already working on RISC-V architecture, and apps are being ported.
ergo : US tech’s proprietary systems - X86 and Micro$oft - are set to be excluded from 20% of the world’s tech marketplace.
Not only that : China is a big manufacturer of the world’s electronics… they’ll no doubt start exporting hardware with open source software too.
I’m obviously delighted to read an advert promoting Linux over Windows and MacOS from Computerworld, and agree with their reasoning. But I’m also a bit flabbergasted, to be honest!
I wish they had also mentioned all the data mining that we know goes on with Windows, and that we assume goes on with Apple’s OSs too. How those OSs can be considered secure, I don’t know.
I really hope companies, governments and individuals will at least consider deploying a Linux distribution over the next couple of years, rather than retiring their hardware, and signing up to Windows11.