Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Dave Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.misc Subject: Re: Win 10 - one more year Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 10:09:53 +0100 Organization: TLP Lines: 39 Message-ID: <5c6e2c2a1fdave@triffid.co.uk> References: <5c6dc0e57enewsmcc@blueyonder.co.uk> <14c6e76d5c.DaveMeUK@BeagleBoard-xM> <5c6e27e03fdave@triffid.co.uk> X-Trace: individual.net gu15nejXoqDP81B1Rltl8wsuqZuOInbZ8oAT2Nc3N+nJvZlxzV X-Orig-Path: triffid.co.uk!dave Cancel-Lock: sha1:iEYAUgS53vBZAeBaIdRKjJZPDcM= sha256:H8qO8GHv/LAUPXy3ZomQTnP6alVKVcYrwrua18CxtN8= User-Agent: Pluto/3.20 (RISC OS/6.20) NewsHound/v1.54 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.acorn.misc:21736 In article <5c6e27e03fdave@triffid.co.uk>, Dave wrote: > In article <14c6e76d5c.DaveMeUK@BeagleBoard-xM>, > David Higton wrote: > > In message <5c6dc0e57enewsmcc@blueyonder.co.uk> > > John wrote: > > > I've been thinking about what to do about my Win 10 machines - one > > > laptop and one tower unit. > > Is there any reason why you can't upgrade to Linux? > > David > I'm not John, but here, yes there are reasons... > Dave Sorry to be previously curt... :-/ Here for both of us, it's a case of No MS Windows, No RISC OS as we both use Virtual RISC OS now, her 4.39 and me 6.20 (Sometimes RPCEmu 5.31) Acorn/RISC OS has been an important feature in our private and business lives since 1982... (43 years) so we don't want to lose it. We've both had many hardware Acorn/RISC OS machines over the years starting with the BBC-B and ending up on SARPCs which were used as aforementioned for both private and business purposes... On the other side, we also have a number of (Important for us) MS-Win based apps, some of which cover the lack of, or shortcomings of RISC OS stuff. Dave -- Dave Triffid