But I know most people don't do that sort of thing. However, there are methods to get Windows 10 updates for another year, which I'm getting now. And CoPilot can be uninstalled from Windows 11, which I also did along with Edge and much of its telemetry hacks.
That said, I hope this news finally gives the makers of Linux products the backbone and drive to finally update Linux software so that Windows software can finally be installed without the need for emulators, VMs, etc.
I for one will not bow the knee to AI driven software and if need be I'll start using Linux full time, falling back on W7 & W10 only when I have to. It's sad it has to come to this, but those of us who knows what the future holds are not taken by surprise by this news, and we will adapt accordingly.
With all respect, you've got it backwards. There's no benefit in twisting Linux/GNU into knots, trying to act enough like Windows/NT that it can fool an application program that expects Windows into running on some misbegotten quasi-Linux hybrid.
Instead let us hope the makers of Windows-only software will recognize the benefits of making their software compatible with a better operating system (Linux) whose user base, while smaller, is growing. People are abandoning Windows. It's nowhere near in danger of disappearing, but it's clear Microsoft has lost their way.
Linux is the future -- application makers need to get the backbone and drive, to see the direction of the future.