https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/end-of-support?r=1
It will stop getting updates, but it will continue to work.
I recommend using Teams via Chromium on your Linux desktop once Skype goes
away. You should probably stop using your laptop after Oct 2025 unless
you get another job and they require WIndows 11, or just blow away Windows
and run Linux instead on the laptop.
If the latter, you could even use it to replace your desktop machine, but
it's your call.
> From: http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)
> Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 07:44:39 -0800
>
> > From: http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)
> > Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 06:56:14 -0800
> >
> > You'd probably have to download the media version to a USB drive and do
> > the upgrade that way. This will undoubtedly take more than 4 hours to
> > complete.
> >
> > Not sure when the "free" upgrade runs out. You may want to wait until you
> > get another job -- your call.
>
> https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-10-wont-upgrade-to-11-and-now-its-stuck-on/fb7e9aed-88de-415c-bf2a-e67290029038