Windows 10 End of Support - October 14

[Wainuitech]

I've got lazy in my old age - i can't be bothered with all this command line stuff.

In typical daily usage it's not usually required, even on Linux.
Especially if you are a basic user who only needs a web browser, an office suite, and the like.

It's entirely possible to install Linux using a GUI installer, install the programs you want through the GUI, and use your Firefox or Chromium or whatever without needing to open the terminal once.

Even installing updates can be done through the GUI - at least they should be, and I have personally had no issue there - though I do often use the terminal for that just as it's faster.

Wainuitech claimed his updater didn't work, but since we never got to see what the error message was, I can't comment on that. It might have been another typo, who knows? In general, the update systems are pretty reliable from my experience, especially on *Ubuntu

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Thanks for clearing that up. BUT I'm giving up on this useless OS, not wasting my time on inconsistent operating system. Tried the command as suggested -- Just sat there for over 30 minutes did nothing. rebooted, this time tried sudo apt update    again nothing happened  after typing in and hitting enter. Went to look at the one in the workshop, the laptop started, but dont know what happened but it went "Crazy, flashing crashing" ( best way to describe it).  Booted from a USB partition software, wiped drive dropped a w10 image onto it, runs without problems.

At least the ubuntu servers OS's are behaving

I wonder if it's a VM compatibility issue. You say you have the latest version of Kubuntu - I assume 25.10? Is your VM host software actually able to support it properly? I would try the latest LTS release - currently 24.04

////I/t's of course entirely possible the latest version has bugs, having only just been released.

When you say you typed

Code:

sudo apt update

and nothing happened - do you mean it didn't even ask you for your password?

Both the VM and laptop have / had 25.04, (laptop has been wiped) both were installed within a day of each other 29/6/25 ( different downloads as I misplaced the USB drive) . Been running ok, until left more than 4 weeks to do an update.

After opening a terminal enter the command, enter password ( appears to accept it) then nothing. ( imagine as if it freezes) which it has never done before, only started playing silly buggers after some of the updates that took 5 goes went in.

I do have a clone (VM) of an earlier version 24.10, if I feel like playing I'll load that, but don't wait or hold your breath

Had this thing happen quite a few times ( on several different computers-so its not hardware) , after some updates or upgrades everything turns to custard.