Mudball Tech News 042325

October 14 2025 Windows 10 is going to reach EOL (End Of Life). At this time, the operating system will stop getting bug fixes, security updates and any other fixes or updates. Windows 10 was released in July of 2015, so it has been around for quite some time. At this moment all the new pc's that we get in have some version of Windows 11 on them. Windows 11 came out in October of 2021. Some people at first were hesitant to use the Windows 11 operating system. By now I think it is safe to say they have worked out most of the bugs. You do have to get used to some crazy quarks like the way you have to go to a right click sub-menu to get to the list that everyone actually uses. If your plan is to purchase a new computer, then you will not have a problem with the expiration date of Windows 10. Just don't go out and purchase a used or old close-out pc that has Windows 10 on it at this time. Make sure if you want a Windows Computer that you get some version of Windows 11 on it. Some of the main versions are S-Mode, Home and Pro.

The majority of Windows 10 computers will not be able to upgrade to Windows 11. One of the main problems is the processor requirements. Microsoft has a PC Health Check app that you can run to see if your computer can upgrade to Windows 11. Go into your settings and the the updates section and you will find links about Windows 11 in there at the time of this writing.

Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only. If you try to do anything I talk about in this article to your computer, you do so at your own risk. I will not be held liable. You could very easily lose your data, corrupt or erase your operating system or any number of other things can go wrong. I would consider using Linux an experimental option. You may run into problems even completely break the computer that is being experimented on.

There are other options you may want to consider. If you are up for it, you could install a version of Linux on your Old Windows 10 computer. This would give you a modern (current) operating system that works fine on your older hardware. This way you would not have to purchase a new computer if yours is still in good shape. But, this idea is not for everyone.

I've personally been using Linux in one form or another since around 1999. I remember the first time somebody showed it to me. I was in college at the time and one of the students in my class asked me if I had ever heard of it. I had not so he showed me some screenshots. This version he showed me was using the Enlightenment window manager and what I saw blew my mind. It looked way cooler than windows or anything I had ever seen. I am a very visual guy. I like eye candy, pretty colors, and things that look awesome! I had to try it. This was when I had Windows 98SE on my home computer and dial-up internet. I was using AOL for internet dial-up service.

My classmate had a version of Linux called Dragon Linux on a cd. He let me copy it. I then installed Dragon Linux on my Windows 98SE HP Desktop Computer. I can't remember exactly how I booted Dragon, but it was most likely a floppy disk boot tool of some kind. Most of the old versions of Linux at that time used a floppy boot disk. I do remember that with this particular version of Linux I did not have to partition my hard drive. The way this one worked is you just copied it to a certain folder on the root of C: in Windows. Then when you booted your computer from the floppy disk it would be programmed to load that special folder instead of loading Windows. I then tried other versions like Slackware, Mandrake, RedHat and many more. Some of the ones that I tried did not work at all. For most of them you did have to partition your hard disk and manually configure your hardware during setup. For instance, you would need to know what monitor you have and what the vertical and horizontal refresh rates were. You had to manually input that data into the setup. You would have to tell it what model of sound card you were using, modem, etc. The setup was pretty intense. I learned to gather all that information ahead of time before I would do an installation.

Fast forward to modern times. For most of the Linux versions now they have made them much easier to install.

You can find out about many different Linux versions at this website: https://distrowatch.com

So, for some people, it may be an option. You may have to go into your bios and alter the settings in order to get your installation media to boot. You will most likely have to partion your hard drive. The installation on most of the versions will guide you through the different processes. There are many Linux communities on the internet. If you get stuck, you can usually find answers at any of these. If you are not a techie and consider yourself technically challenged then this is definitely not something you want to try. Once again, I am only offering ideas for informational purposes and telling you stories of my personal experience. If you try anything that I talk about in these articles it is done at your own risk. You could lose data and or corrupt your current operating system very easily if you do something wrong.

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Mudball Mike