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2026 is the year of the Linux desktop
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this post was submitted on 06 Apr 2026
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I put Linux Mint on a laptop last year that was running Windows 10 (dual boot) as MS said they were no longer supporting or providing security updates for Windows 10. Mint has worked well (although it does seem to want updates every day). I opened up Windows last week and MS said that they would actually continue to provide security updates for Windows 10 if I logged on with a MS account - so I guess they are actually noticing the migration away from their OS.
FTFY. It's how you keep your machine secure.
Not really. It's only for another year and then they'll pull the plug (but they've now got you hooked on a Microsoft account). If things work for you on Linux: kill that Win10 partition for good and add it to your storage.
Thanks for the update fix! - I didn’t sign in to MS - as I only use it very occasionally - a program on an old usb drive only reliably works on Windows 10 (and not 11)
Have you tried running it through Wine? Bottles is a nice UI for Wine with sensible default settings. I got a lot of older Windows apps working decently well through that. And especially older not anymore fully supported Windows programms often run more reliable through Wine than through Windows' own compatibility layers.