RMP 047 — Windows 10 End of Life: a Retrospective

Episode Notes

FOSS News

• Muse contributor Tantacrul released a nearly hour-long video covering the development of Audacity 4

Microsoft News

• Microsoft revamps Xbox Game Pass plans and hikes Ultimate to $29.99 a month

• Europe forces Microsoft into free extended support for Windows 10

• Microsoft removes even more Microsoft account workarounds from Windows 11 build

• Windows 7 market share jumps by 10x as Windows 10 EOL deadline looms and Windows 11 usage drops in September - spelling disaster for Microsoft’s campaign to get people upgrading

A substantial increase in Windows 7 marketshare as Windows 10 and 11 both drop. You love to see it…

Other Tech News

• Google to merge Android and ChromeOS in 2026, because AI

• Techlore — The End of Android Freedom: Google’s 2026 Plan

• Proton Relocates to Germany, Norway Over Swiss Surveillance Laws

• Phishing training doesn’t stop your employees from clicking scam links

Retro Tech News

• 86Box PC emulator version 5.0 released

Command Line Tool of the Month: tldr-pages

The tldr-pages project is a collection of community-maintained help pages for command-line tools, that aims to be a simpler, more approachable complement to traditional man pages.

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