Windows 10 End of Support - October 14

[Agent_24]

Just as well Linux is not a car, one small problem, no help, so get a new car.   Saw a video a while back, regarding Linux change overs. Hits the nail on the head. https://youtu.be/S5qDCIn9yYQ?t=1120

I never said that changing distros over a small issue was a sensible solution, but for some, it does work, hence why it gets recommended, unfortunately - although if you are totally new to Linux, trying several various ones IS a good idea because you will learn more about what features you like, etc.

Yes if someone has a problem with their favourite distro, and can't get help, that would be rather frustrating, but sometimes it requires some effort to figure out a problem, just as it does on Windows.

I spent many hours over the course of my existence as a Windows user, scouring the internet for answers to obscure bugs and weird problems. The idea that every problem on Windows has an easy solution, is not at all true, I had to put in a decent amount of work and doing research plenty of times.

And just as you can often find information on common issue with Windows, you can do so for Linux as well.
There are plenty of guides and forum posts and blogs that describe Linux issues and how to fix them, or how to do things that the new user may not yet know.

But the obscure problems are the ones you will have to get your hands dirty, no matter which OS you use.

As for the other -- signing in, you dont HAVE to have a MS account to sign in. Thats the same sort of thing as Linux, generally when you shut down it by default ( every Distro I tried anyway) counts down from 30 seconds. BUT if you know how you change settings and it shuts down right away.

I don't know which ones you're trying, but I have not experienced that feature enabled by default in anything I've used for many years.