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Microsoft ends free upgrade from Windows 7 to 11
(mashable.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
I'm just speaking from experience - which of course is influenced by how much I am willing to pay for a solution, which is nothing. For the most part, people offering solutions for windows expect to be paid, while Linux gurus are more likely to do it for free
Software wise that’s absolutely true for MacOS, but Windows has plenty of free and open source software.