While I personally use Windows 11 with heavy modifications, my father switched to Bazzite (Linux). I'm thinking that's the most sensible solution for the future however I would welcome GOG to support Linux a little better. The only reason it's at all user-friendly to use Galaxy features on Linux is thanks to Heroic Games and its Comet plugin, projects created and maintained entirely by members of the community

Just a few things:

1) MS will still support WIndows 10 for 2 - 3 years via a paid subscription service (supposedly details incoming)

2) MS recently stated that Windows 11 will in fact work on most "unsupported hardware" but MS will not vouch for longterm security support for "unsupported hardware" running Windows 11

With that said...

I intend on using a Windows 11 desktop for internet and running most games and tasks offline on my Windows 10 PCs.

I'd love to drop MS altogether, but I haven't got the time or patience to fiddle with Linux... yet.

Meanwhile for those who like facts, W11 adoption was barely 35% last October (the slowest historical on record) rather than "most people since 2023"...

As for sticking with W10, just put Enterprise 22H2 LTSC on. Despite Microsoft's own gaslighting that it's some "special magical build just for ATM's & MRI scanners", it's literally exactly the same as any other build down to and including XBox services, Freesync, etc. The only difference is the update channel (10 years worth of "no feature updates, security fixes only" vs the 2-3 years of rolling wall of bloat W11 is currently infected with) the former of which is what most sane grown-ups have wanted normal consumer / business W10 to be all along.