Who's Our Best Home Computer Nerds here on FABO? - It's Time for a New One

Everyone hates change.

Fact, Win10 will be EOL (just like Win7 is) and will stop receiving updates. As much as people seem to hate updates, they do serve a purpose which is nominally to install security related patches at a minimum, as well as bug fixes (queue the jokes, lol).

Fact, there is a UEFI exploit in the wild that effects Both windows and Linux systems via dual boot. They share a portion of the file system and code so when either boots, the issue follows.

There are so many reasons to update your OS it's not funny. Eventually software stops working, hardware dies and things go bye bye.

Anecdotal item: Back when I worked in Higher Ed, the last university I was at, a professor refuses to allow me to update his system. Claimed he was worried about stability etc. 8 weeks into the course he was teaching, he calls me to look at his server. Turns out someone had used a well know, but recently fixed, vulnerability to get into his system as root and bugger things up. I give him so much crap for that.

I've been a heavy Linux user since before most people knew what it was (1994) and for literally over two decades would not run windows (didn't need to honestly) but when I started messing with CNC routers etc I needed software that didn't run in Linux so I finally installed WindBlows and here I am. I still use Linux at home and professionally but there are limitations that can't be ignored due to lack of buy in from big companies like Autodesk and other big names.

My advice, buy another computer that will or already runs Windows 11, get used to it, it's not going anywhere. Then disconnect you windows 7 machine from any network when possible and treat it like a baby. There are a lot of vulnerabilities that will wipe it out in a heartbeat.