Support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?
If you bought your computer after 2010, there’s most likely no reason to throw it out. By just installing an up-to-date Linux operating system you can keep using it for years to come.
Installing an operating system may sound difficult, but you don’t have to do it alone. With any luck, there are people in your area ready to help!
5 Reasons to upgrade your old computer to Linux:
- No New Hardware, No Licensing Costs
- Enhanced Privacy
- Good For The Planet
- Community & Professional Support
- Better User Control
I’ve considered the “just use Linux” arguments thoroughly and they always come up short for my serious computing work.
It works for 90% of my use cases, the other 10% is unbearably difficult or impossible to reconfigure. And that’s with the assumption I do a pretty significant HD shuffle just to work up to that functionality.
And that’s without worrying about the long term update stability of stuff like Linux, where Ubuntu updates can cause major system issues if you don’t get the next major version. (And please don’t say that a less user-friendly release is the solution to that). 7 years from now beats Ubuntu’s 5 years of updates…