shakes fist

Family members have PCs that can't support Windows 11 (not that I'd want them to get it anyway) and I'm not yet in the position to migrate them to Linux.

This type of behaviour makes me glad I'm most of the way to ditching MS entirely on my own systems.

Now is the time to spread your wings and try linux as a replacement for windows!

Why does anyone use windows?

For me, Minecraft bedrock (for kids) but looks like anything MS tainted will start (or maybe already does) require windows.

Looks like I have to decide what to do soon because they're still on W10.

No it doesn't.

Microsoft Activation Scripts (MAS) | MAS

Open-source Windows and Office activator featuring HWID, Ohook, TSforge, KMS38, and Online KMS activation methods, along with advanced troubleshooting.

(massgrave.dev)

Also:

Long Live Windows 10 - 0patch

(0patch.com)

A lot of software still requires Windows.

Games are a big one for sure, but there is a lot of productivity and creative software that does not run on Linux.

Coincidentally I no longer support windows machines in my home.

Huh, and I thought that was only for the os activation, but no. ESU support is right there, under the TSForge activation method.

I'm most of the way to ditching MS entirely on my own systems.

You can do it, Aussie. Bite his freaking head off.

At this point, I'm starting not to feel bad for people who put themselves through this shit. Using windows nowadays is like staying in an abusive relationship while you have an actual chance to get out, then complaining about it. Linux works no problem. And if a software/hardware vendor refuses to bring it to Linux, then you vote with your wallet. We need to let go of a bit of our love for "convenience" and try to be uncomfortable a tiny bit. Be a tiny bit inconvenienced.

I don't believe you!
(that it is coincidential)

If your PC doesn’t support Windows 11 then it makes sense to switch to Linux. But staying on an EOL OS when you could upgrade is plain stupid.

I hate Windows. But I have to use Adobe suite. Wine doesn't play nice. More than an hour of troubleshooting I feel is not worth it. I need to be working more than solving issues. Someone point me to how to make Adobe suite work (without hours of troubleshooting) and I'll join the Linux team. Do not suggest other software options I get the files for Adobe they have to be Adobe specific.

I say this as a Linux user, Windows is still considerably easier to use and it certainly looks a lot slicker.

So Windows 10 LTSC isn't affected by this?

This is a myth and has been for several years. The only games that do not work with linux are ones that have intentionally artificially disallowed the use of linux using kernel level anticheat (rootkit). Many of these games worked on linux until adding no-linux policies to their anticheat.

There is no technical incompatibility, only artificial policy choices that game companies have made

EDIT: you can downvote me, but I am still correct.

I never gave a reason why a game would/wouldn't run on Linux. I just said that games are a reason some people continue to use Windows.

I've occasionally tried using Linux in the past as my main desktop, because I think Windows as an OS is inferior, and lately because Linux's UI actually seems superior, but I always got suckered back into Windows because I wanted to play certain games.

I tried again last month, and this time, it's different. The games that I want to play work well enough in Linux. Some of them have native Linux builds. Others work well enough in Proton, which is Valve's version of Wine, a Windows emulation layer that can run Windows games in Linux.

I don't see any reason that I'd ever go back to Windows again.