End of 10 - Upgrade your old Windows 10 computer to Linux:
Stumbled on this website today.
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Nioce 
more users for this site 
Hello,
going to Linux isnāt that easy, especially on Samsung and Acer laptops. Their BIOS/UEFI doesnāt show anything like Secure Boot, Legacy Boot, CSM, etc.. making it impossible to boot Linux distros like UBUNTU, MINT, ZORIN, etc. Although these have the possibility to boot in UEFI mode and have the Microschoft approved signatures.
Any known workarounds ?
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I currently own an Acer laptop from 2017, I use this system for work so Iām forced to use Windows. But I tried to install with success Linux (POP and Debian) couple of times.
I remember in stock bios thereās an option for switch from UEFI to legacy mode and viceversa. You need to reboot computer after configure this settings.
Let us know.
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Yes this website encourage users to switch to Linux. But butā¦
One other possibility for security reasons could also be switch to Windows 10 LTSC 21h2 IoT Enterprise wich is having support by M$ until 2032.
One other option is switch to Windows 10 LTSC 1809 wich is having support by M$ until 2029.
One other option is keep using Windows 10 PRO beyond october 2025, but you need to have a strong antivirus and you might survive creating a virtual network between router and computer.
Letās say altough Windows 10 PRO and Home wonāt be supported anymore by M$ from october 2025, Iām pretty sure software companies will continue release their software available for this OS for many years, I expect more then 5 years for sure.
If you are a user that use computer for play videogames you should switch to Windows 11 soon, if you are an intermediate user you might consider one of options I typed, and if you are base user you might enjoy some easy Linux distros. Source: my mom uses Linux as well, and she does not nothing more surfing the web and reading email.
Oh interesting. I did not know this!:
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Iām one who chose to go the Win 10 to 11 (so called) upgrade route because going to Linux will take a lot of effort that I canāt afford right now (e.g. converting notebooks containing filesystem paths, should be straight forward but isnāt). āupgradingā buys me time.
After using Win 11 for a week now, I feel like Iāve got maybe 1 year.
Iāve been looking into a Linux based web presence for years, and started down the path a couple weeks ago, before feeling compelled to do the Windows change over. After changing over, and experiencing the ānew and improvedā Microsoft, Iām glad I had started the Linux ball rolling. Iām looking forward to this like I look forward to surgery to repair broken body parts: itās for the best.
Fortunately, my Rust mentor is also a web/Linux expert, and heās coaching/guiding me through launching a static website. Just as fortunately, I know this community has my back. Makes me feel better about the situation.
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