Corelli_III@midwest.social to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days ago"i've always wondered if i could keep windows 10 after support ends..."midwest.socialexternal-linkmessage-square89linkfedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squarex4740N@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 days agoPSA: Never run random powershell scripts from the Internet unless you know exactly what they are doing
minus-squarefunkajunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoTypo irm https://get.activated.win/ | iex
minus-squaresad_detective_man@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoit’s actually amazing. okay well it’s a pity win, but it’s good also widows 10 IoT is still getting updates for another decade if anyone gives a shit
minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agono I mean piping a downloaded script to the interpreter
minus-squaremissfrizzle@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 days agocurl | bash for the Windows crowd. honestly it’s exactly as secure as running a binary you downloaded from their website. no more, no less (since https.)
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoA little bit less because they could change it for one time. With binaries you could at least compare checksums.
minus-squaresad_detective_man@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agooh. yeah, problematic but it’s at least easy for end users
minus-squarekilleronthecorner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoThe people who give a shit: former windows CE devs
minus-squaresad_detective_man@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoreally? I’m pretty ignorant, why would they? were they promised extended support that they didn’t get?
minus-squarekilleronthecorner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoIoT sort-of-kind-of replaced CE
irm https://get.activated.win/ | iexPSA: Never run random powershell scripts from the Internet unless you know exactly what they are doing
Typo
irm https://get.activated.win/ | iexAlready fixed, thanks.
that sounds horrible.
it’s actually amazing. okay well it’s a pity win, but it’s good
also widows 10 IoT is still getting updates for another decade if anyone gives a shit
no I mean piping a downloaded script to the interpreter
curl | bashfor the Windows crowd.honestly it’s exactly as secure as running a binary you downloaded from their website. no more, no less (since https.)
A little bit less because they could change it for one time. With binaries you could at least compare checksums.
oh. yeah, problematic but it’s at least easy for end users
The people who give a shit: former windows CE devs
really? I’m pretty ignorant, why would they? were they promised extended support that they didn’t get?
IoT sort-of-kind-of replaced CE