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Nearly half of Steam's users are still using Windows 10, with end of life fast approaching (www.pcguide.com)
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[–] ZeDoTelhado 2 points 3 days ago

This is true not everyone out there has the capability to go out and have something like Linux, or the best version of windows 10 on their machines. But most people here are either knowledgeable enough, or have enough patience to try something like Linux out. If you know people that are in this position with their current machines from windows 10 to 11,and are not tech savvy, help them, and try not to be patronizing. Help them out by installing something like mint or Ubuntu and walk with them on the system, as many times as needed. If they cannot get used to it or find something that simply won't work, don't try to force Linux on them. Just find the best windows 10 version and install it. At some point if something doesn't work anymore on windows 10 and they want to keep the machine, they will reach out to try Linux again, or, they will try to sell the machine they cannot operate with anymore (or give away, depending on the situation). Either way, help people out but don't be abrasive if things do not work out the way you wanted.