I switched my desktop to mint a few weeks ago. Kept win10 on a separate drive, but I haven't booted it since.
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I was able to upgrade to Windows 11 on my dinosaur desktop (at least 10 years old) without any issues. Been able to keep it updated, too, for at least the last 2 years.
There are ways to bypass certain hardware restrictions, and I'm sure plenty of how-tos are still available.
No need to sweat it.
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when do they roll out that pay for support instead of being forced to windows 11
With ~~end of life~~ the year of the Linux desktop fast approaching.
Damn, that sucks for them. Glad I gave up that nonsense years ago.
Well I don't know... it will end in October. Time surely doesn't fly that fast...
Eh I just installed 10 in a VM to do my taxes
For whatever reason, Windows 11 won’t let me upgrade. And I still have decent hardware. So when support runs out, I’m switching to Pop!_OS.
There seems to be an understanding that the average user is going to switch from windows 10 at EOL. I'm quite confident most personal devices will run it until it stops working flat out. Your average PC user has no concern about security vulnerabilities until they're exploited in a way that actually breaks the functionality of the thing.
A migration to to Linux will be very delayed. Like months or years. In lots of cases probably long enough that people will be shopping for new hardware anyways by the time they have to decide on a new OS.