{"id":32012,"date":"2023-10-18T00:01:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T22:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/159.69.82.204\/win\/?p=32012"},"modified":"2023-10-17T22:21:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T20:21:55","slug":"microsoft-published-linux-installation-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2023\/10\/18\/microsoft-published-linux-installation-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft published Linux installation guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

[German<\/a>]Microsoft wants to get rid of some of its Windows users. That's how I interpret the fact that Microsoft published instructions on how to install Linux on their systems at the end of September 2023. Coincides with the terminated upgrade to Windows 10\/11 via Windows 7\/8.1 product key.<\/p>\n

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No more free Upgrades from Win 7\/8.1<\/h2>\n

\"\"Microsoft is letting expire the ability to use product keys from Windows 7\/8.1 to upgrade to Windows 10\/11. I had addressed this issue, which has been known since late September 2023, in the blog post Windows 10\/11: Upgrade path with Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 keys no longer works (Sept. 2023)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The unofficial or still working option of using an old key to upgrade to Windows 10 or Windows 11 is likely to stop working across the board in a few weeks. People could get a new computer with a current Windows 11 version or buy the required license including product key. Or those affected could pursue a smarter option and switch to Linux. For many private users, this seems to me to be possible without any problems, since often no special software is needed there.<\/p>\n

Microsoft helps with the switch to Linux<\/h2>\n

German blog reader Ottilius had already pointed to 12 October 2023 in this comment<\/a>. Microsoft has published a number of instructions for installing Linux in its Linux resources<\/a> as of September 29, 2023. This ranges from choosing a Linux distribution including downloading to installing Linux. It ranges from using the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), to creating a virtual machine (VM) to run Linux locally or in the cloud, to installing Linux natively on bar metal. The latter is described in the section Create a bootable USB drive to install bare-metal Linux<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Windows is no longer important<\/h2>\n

If you look at Microsoft's long-term strategies, you'll have to take the release of the Linux installation guides as a hint. Microsoft simply no longer cares about a portion of its Windows users – namely, those who want to stick with on-premises solutions and those who don't want to keep hopping onto new hardware with the latest Windows license.<\/p>\n

Because the support for Windows 10 will end in October 2025, after which a large part of the hardware will mutate into electronic waste – at least when it comes to running Windows. Because Windows 11 will no longer be supported on this hardware (due to harsh requirements).<\/p>\n

In addition, Microsoft is increasingly moving in the direction of cloud and subscription solutions. On the one hand, this secures Redmond a steady inflow of revenue, since the cloud solutions are only available by subscription. Furthermore, dependencies are cemented, since an Azure cloud solution with Entra-ID (formerly Azure Active Directory<\/a>) cannot simply be moved to the competition.<\/p>\n

Windows 11 and the rumored successor Windows 12 are more and more becoming fat thin clients a la Microsoft to provide their cloud solutions at the workplace. Users who simply want to run a local computer with an operating system are only a nuisance. This clientele as well as Windows as an operating system is dispensable for this purpose for Microsoft – so dispose of this disruptive factor. For me, that is the message from the above publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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