Windows 7 & 8 End-of-Life Alternatives to Keep You Secure & Safe!
Following on from my last reblog regarding Steam ending support for Windows 7 & 8 as they are end-of-life systems....
You can get free options to allow you to continue using Steam. Or keep you secure if you just don't want to or can't upgrade to newer Windows OS's.
Steam officially supports Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and higher. Ubuntu is a Linux operating system that you can download here.
PC World has a guide from switching from Windows 7 to Ubuntu here. Bleeping Computer also has a guide.
Or, if you don't care about Steam games, but you want an OS similar to Windows, you can look for Linux options that look like Windows. Zorin OS, Linuxfx, and many others will offer you similar experiences. OMG Ubuntu has a post about good alternatives as well.
These are all free alternatives to Windows that will keep you secure, if you are unable to afford a Windows 10/11 upgrade or if you simply do not like the new OS's.
Also, if you just haven't upgraded yet, but aren't unwilling to upgrade, you can see this article from ZDNet for how to upgrade for free.