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Well Microsoft has made it official, 22H2 will be the last feature release for Windows 10. This is a good thing. 10 is now entering into the “most sta
[See the full post at: Windows 10 22H2 – the stable version]
Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher
No problem 0Patch Pro will also probably be offing something like they did with W 7.
Microsoft for once has done something sensible for Windows 10, haha.
Not a laughing matter, IT psychosis and burn-outs at large thanks to MSFT with W10 over the years…the sith have fooled and tricked many.
Not a laughing matter, IT psychosis and burn-outs at large thanks to MSFT with W10 over the years…the sith have fooled and tricked many.
No doubt you are right. But for me, Windows 10 has been a joke for the past 8 years and still is, especially when compared to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1.
No update control by default, twice-a-year feature updates that destabilize the system and disrupt work (which only ended recently), consumers treated as testers, etc. I’ve been watching this mess from the sidelines for the past 8 years and am so grateful I’ve been able to avoid all or most of it so far.
It is only now with 22H2 being the final version that there’s some hope of stability returning (to the regular versions of 10). But the system will lose support in 2.5 years and then the instability cycle will start again (with 11) if you want to continue to use Windows and remain supported.
Hope for the best. Prepare for the worst.
I have all 3 of my computers happily running Windows 10 Pro 22H2. Only one of them has hardware compatibility for Windows 11, but that one will stay snuggly with Win 10 until 2025.
As for the other 2? They don’t handle sensitive info, so we’ll see how far they can get after Win 10 EOL. 🙂
Windows 10 Pro 22H2
This actually seems like a good thing… no more randomly added nonsense that no-one ever asked for?
Stability at last, until 2025?
Yep, that’s absolutely fine by me.
By Microsoft’s parlance, Windows 10 has been “out of development” for a couple of years, and where we’re already in “Extended Support”. The tone of announcements always implies that’s a bad thing for users because it means they haven’t moved to Windows 11 and aren’t getting the latest feature releases. That’s fine by me — I find it rare that changes to feature sets are positive. Thus, I agree that Extended Support is a place where I want to be.
To me, the real significance of this is merely that we won’t be seeing any further annual updates that we have to wait to see how long they shake out all the bugs, or be forced into adopting.
Who knows what the future holds. I’ve dabbled with various Linux distros so perhaps I’ll eventually end up there.
“No-one knows what the future may bring…”
… but you have a while to explore various flavours of Linux or other OS’ before making any decision.
I suggest Linux Mint – any version that’s appropriate for your hardware platforms – well in advance, so nothing comes as an unwelcome surprise to you. In my experience, Mint works well as a dual-boot environment.
Try to make it a slow and gradual learning curve well in advance instead of feeling dropped in at the deep end when you least want it to. 🙂
I suggest Linux Mint – any version that’s appropriate for your hardware platforms – well in advance, so nothing comes as an unwelcome surprise to you. In my experience, Mint works well as a dual-boot environment.
I like Linux Mint and have used it on and off for years. Have used it on dedicated computers, as well as dual boot and virtual machines. Currently use Mint Mate in a VirtualBox VM.
It runs very well in a VM if your PC is up to virtualization hardware wise, and is a great way to explore Linux Mint or others without having to reboot.
When I’m using it I don’t really miss Windows itself, as Linux Mint is a great system, easy to use and stable.
The only thing when using Linux is that I really miss my commercial Windows-only applications that do not have full native Linux equivalents. I tried using Linux as my online daily driver for a couple of years, and it works really well for web, email, and cloud based apps. It’s also got internet and programming apps very well covered. You should check out the Mint application packages to see what’s available:
Windows 10 Pro 22H2
This actually seems like a good thing… no more randomly added nonsense that no-one ever asked for?
Stability at last, until 2025?
Yep, that’s absolutely fine by me.
Yes, we have Edge for that now (randomly added nonsense that no-one ever asked for).
I use Firefox most of the time but I still update Edge regularly and after every update I usually go though Settings to check and see if anything new that I didn’t want and will probably never use has been added (and is always turned on by default, of course).
Nice to finally have a ‘stable’ version of Windows 10 though.
PC1: Gigabyte B560M D2V Motherboard, Intel i5 11400 CPU, 16GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Graphics Card, 1x Samsung 870 EVO 250GB SSD, 1x Samsung 860 EVO 250GB SSD, Windows 10 Professional 22H2 64bit.
PC2: Asus H81M-PLUS Motherboard, Intel i3-4160 CPU, 16GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Graphics Card, 1x Samsung 870 EVO 250GB SSD, 1x Samsung 860 EVO 250GB SSD, Windows 10 Home 22H2 64bit.
Yes, we have Edge for that now (randomly added nonsense that no-one ever asked for).
IMO Edge has quickly evolved to become the new STD of browsers and one that I actively try to avoid.
Regrettably that’s not possible… it’s invidious. I spend a lot of time helping friends and family understand why they are now having problems… since Edge was force-installed. 🙁
And so often PaleMoon does not render usefully. 😣😪
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Just because you don't know where you are going doesn't mean any road will get you there.Unfortunately, all of the browsers that are trailing-edge forks of Firefox/Gecko tend to have rendering issues. It’s not just PaleMoon, but Seamonkey and Waterfox, as well.
Besides the fact that a lot of developers write for Chrome and don’t really care about any other browsers, many web pages make varying amounts of scripting, and for users of Gecko browsers, that requires use of Quantum — at least V57, and typically at least V78.
The trailing-edge don’t support Quantum (explicitly, in the case of PaleMoon, which forked an older version of Gecko to Goanna), and as a result, they can’t run the scripting that is assumed by developers who expect current versions of Chrome.
The reality is that with Web 2.0, the web has moved from rendering static HTML content to dynamic content delivered by scripts.
If you use one of the trailing edge browsers, there may be good reason for you to do so, but you’ll have to accept that there are sites where you’ll need to use another browser. Most of the time, a current version of Firefox should be adequate, but I’ve seen a few sites that require some Chromium-derived browser. If not Chrome itself, then something like Opera, Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, Epic, etc. I haven’t done enough recently on a Mac to know how well Safari behaves, but I would guess that if a developer is checking handling on non-Chrome browsers, they’re more likely to check against Safari than Mozilla browsers.
At this point do you consider Windows 11 22H2 stable enough?
No.
Each monthly updates removes/adds/change.. things in Windows 11 22H2
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