Windows 11 is great, but I’ve spent more than enough time with it to say with confidence that it’s far from a perfect desktop OS. Whether you’re sick of Copilot, have a device that’s ineligible to upgrade from Windows 10, or simply want to embrace open-source software, you have several alternative OS options that don’t require you to buy new hardware, including the somewhat limited ChromeOS Flex. But a Linux distro, such as Linux Mint, might actually make the most sense.
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