October 7, 2025 | 17:50
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What to do when Microsoft threatens with EOL?

Simple: Install Linux!

Okay, that might sound too blunt, Tomas, but it’s true: The last bare-metal Windows installation in the household, my dedicated “gaming machine”, has recently been reinstalled with GNU/Linux Debian. Microsoft’s passive-aggressive Windows 10 EOL threat doesn’t work on me, or at least not in intended way.

Screenshot of Steam on Linux with DayZ and htop

I was surprised to find out that Steam games not only just run but also have a approx 10–15% speed bump. And that’s on my old nVidia 1070. Impressive!

So I no longer can claim: Windows is only good for gaming.

With that in mind,
Tomas Jakobs

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