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>>beezle+(OP)
So far in the last year or so, I've heard 0 reasons why I'd even need, want or benefit from Win11 over Win10. Tons of reasons in the negative column though. There isn't even anything to salivate over that might make you think it might be worth it to deal with the other tradeoffs. Hard pass.

>>cronix+Te
Unfortunately, there's one very big reason you'll need Windows 11: that Windows 10 won't get security updates forever. After October 14th, 2025, you'll need to "upgrade" to it to stay secure.

>>joseph+7f
That gives me four years for the tools that lock me to Windows to decide to port to literally any other OS.

>>Initia+Nk
Heh, exactly. I bought an amazing all-AMD laptop this summer and its 2TB SSD and 32GB RAM still lie on my desk right next to it. I'll get to opening it up and upgrading it and then will proceed to try and make it my main machine with Linux, including for light AAA gaming and main gaming machine for everything that's not AAA -- console emulators, MAME / arcade emulators, Steam Proton, you name it.

(Well, for programming too of course but a 6c / 12t mobile CPU might not be good enough for a main dev machine. We'll see.)

So yep, my sentiment is exactly like yours. I'll start slowly but seriously work towards ridding myself of Windows forever. It has been on a downward spiral for far too long to ignore anymore.

Linux is not all sunshine and rainbows either but at this point I am willing to take the plunge and create my own Frankenstein monster of scripts and workarounds so that it can work perfectly for me. Plus, if more people start doing it, desktop Linux will eventually improve (lol; but who knows?).