How to get another free year of updates for your Windows 10 PC

Buying Windows 10 a one-year stay of execution doesn't have to cost anything.

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I activated that last week on my last computer not running Linux yet (gaming rig, and I don't really game anymore so I'm just procrastinating until the last minute), but at this point I've been through the effort of moving all of my household off Microsoft, even if they were to offer me 10 more years of Windows 10, I don't see a future in which they make it back into my life. I've been a Microsoft guy since DOS 3.3, we had a good run, but don't call me.

My gaming rig was the first machine to get migrated. The only game I have problems with (I don't play competitive online games) is Fallout 4. But Fallout 4's engine is garbage.

It's my render monster that I'm not looking forward to migrating.

 

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I told a client the other day that I cannot in good conscience recommend Windows 11 to them, despite them having a capable computer. I also pointed out that the user interface changes make migration to 11 difficult (they are elderly), and so it should be a good time to step off from Microsoft altogether, since they'll have to learn a new UI regardless. They don't want to buy new hardware (and I don't think they should), so Mac is not happening. Now I'm exploring Linux distros for them. I've never used Linux for just desktop/web browsing/media consumption, so I have no idea where to begin.
Does anyone here recommend Ubuntu Cinnamon?

I've had good luck with Mint and Zorrin.