Windows 11... oh no...

[zamradiel]

I use Windows 11 (without a Microsoft account... local login only), macOS, and Linux (mostly Debian and Ubuntu). WSL2 has been excellent for running Linux under Windows 11, so I end up doing most of my code testing there.

 

[Swampdweller900]

I'm now thinking about dual boot solution, using USB flash drive as hard disc for Linux, so I can keep Windows... I don't want to loose Adobe stuff...

You can do a dual boot with Windows and a Linux distro on the same machine. If you go to do a Mint install, it's one of the setup options. I did that for about a year or so. It performs a lot better than a live install on USB with persistance, and I'm not sure if every distribution has that as a viable option.

The one caveat with a dual boot are that Windows actively goes around in your UEFI and will occasionally make changes during updates that break dual boots for anything that isn't a MS product. Intentionally. And then not care at all that they've screwed tons of people. I had about 3 weeks where I couldn't jump back over if I wanted to (didn't need or want to) while MS slowly unscrewed some update of theirs. That was the last nail and I ditched Windows all together soon after.

 

[MinaAnd23as]

my only hope is that when win10 support runs out my laptop doesn't wind up bricked. i know that hasn't been an issue with previous versions, but i have this sick feeling in my gut that they're going to try some stupid sh to force an update.
damn to the depths whatever man that thought up planned obsolescence.