linux migration

  1. Windows 10 End of Support 2025: How to Stay Secure and Transition Smoothly

    As Microsoft's official support for Windows 10 ends in October 2025, millions of users face a critical juncture regarding the future of their operating systems and hardware setups. The discontinuation of security updates, bug fixes, and technical support means continued use of Windows 10 after...
  2. How Microsoft’s Licensing Practices Impact Cloud Competition and Costs

    Microsoft’s licensing practices for Windows Server in the cloud have become a significant point of contention in the competitive cloud computing market, especially regarding how these practices impact major cloud rivals like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud. Since Microsoft’s 2019...
  3. Microsoft Licensing Challenges Drive Cloud Migration Blocks for Enterprises

    Switching to the cloud represents a major shift for enterprises entrenched in Microsoft infrastructure, yet the pathway is fraught with complex licensing and technical challenges that make departing from Redmond’s ecosystem far from straightforward. Recent submissions by Amazon and Google to the...
  4. Microsoft Licensing Policies and the Battle for Cloud Market Competition

    Companies heavily invested in Microsoft’s infrastructure face a considerable dilemma when migrating workloads to the cloud. The recent investigation by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) highlights the challenges enterprises encounter when dealing with Microsoft’s changed licensing...
  5. Enterprise Cloud Migration Challenges: Microsoft Licensing, Lock-In, and Market Impact

    When enterprises heavily invested in Microsoft infrastructure migrate to the cloud, they find themselves facing a daunting paradox. Despite the widespread appeal of Linux as a cost-effective, flexible cloud operating system, many companies cannot simply rewrite their existing Microsoft-dependent...
  6. How Microsoft Licensing Policies Shape Cloud Migration Challenges and Opportunities

    The contemporary shift towards cloud computing presents a profound challenge for enterprises entrenched in Microsoft infrastructure when considering migration strategies, especially when assessing the Linux alternative. Significant investments in Windows Server and SQL Server ecosystems have...
  7. Microsoft’s Cloud Lock-In: The Hidden Costs of Switching from Windows to Linux

    Microsoft’s Cloud Lock-In: The Stark Cost of Ditching Windows for Linux in the Era of Hyperscale Cloud A transformative shift is happening in enterprise IT, with organizations moving massive workloads from on-premises servers to the cloud. Yet, beneath the hopeful rhetoric of flexibility and...
  8. Breaking Free from Microsoft: The Challenges of Cloud Switching and Licensing Lock-In

    The Hidden Chains: Why Swapping Microsoft for Linux in the Cloud Remains a Steep Climb Cloud computing has come to define the modern enterprise, offering a tantalizing promise: flexibility, scalability, and innovation, all at the click of a button. In this digital paradise, organizations are...
  9. How to Safely Migrate from Windows to Linux: A Complete Guide

    So you’re fed up with Windows. Maybe you’re tired of Windows 11’s infamous 24H2 update saga, or perhaps the seduction of open source and full system control whispers too sweetly for you to ignore. The grass looks greener on the Linux side—free, customizable, with perceived safety from the...
  10. How to Silence Windows 10 End-of-Service Notifications Easily

    How to Silence Windows 10 End-of-Service Notifications (Without Missing Windows Updates) With Microsoft’s official End-of-Service date for Windows 10 looming on October 14, 2025, many long-time users are experiencing an avalanche of notifications urging them to upgrade. While these alerts are...
  11. AWS Q Developer: A Game Changer for .NET Migration to Linux

    The Cloud Wars are heating up once again, and this time, AWS (Amazon Web Services) has upped the ante with a new innovation aimed at .NET developers. If you’re exhausted by Microsoft's licensing fees and the constant cycle of Windows updates and patches, AWS has just unveiled a tool that may...
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    Issues with Date Modified Search in Windows 10 Explorer: Seeking Alternatives

    Can't get the datemodified: trick to work in my windows explorer. It doesn't show the promised calendar, parameters such as "thisweek" give nothing. Is WIndows 10 a bunch of crap? Never had this and a hundred other problems with 7 but it seems we're forced to use this OS or migrate to Linux...