There are estimated to be around 400,000,000 fully functional, perfectly useful Windows 10 computers whose hardware is not "compatible with Win11" according to Microsoft, and so they're essentially dead-end, Windows-wise.
I have read that a considerable percentage of those machines will be wiped and loaded with Linux, rather than trashed. It may give the Linux Desktop a boost like it's never seen before.
My main business comp does not have the proper hardware to upgrade to W11. Fortunately, a couple years ago I bought Mrs. Chandler an very nice Dell all-in-one comp with W11 installed. Unfortunately, Mrs. Chandler passed away a year ago.
Since then I purchased Microsoft 365, which includes OneDrive cloud storage synchronization. So I synced my old comp’s storage to the cloud, and synced Mrs. Chandler’s Dell to the same account. The result was the complete mirroring of all my important data to the Dell, which I upgraded to maximum memory.
The next step is to remove both the 1TB SSD drive and the backup 1TB HD from my old comp, which I will reformat and insert into external USB cases. I will on a regular schedule back up my data physically to the USB drives, switching them and storing them off site.
Basic data backup security.
If you have a machine that is not W-11 capable there is no reason not to shift to just about any Linux flavor. Everything the basic user needs (web surfing, office tools, etc.) are available on Linux ... and most of them are FREE.
There are many choices of Linux OS. Some are what I consider heavy-weights (Ubuntu, OpenSuse, etc) that offer a gazillion options. Other choices are better suited to the person wanting to swich from Windoze to Linux (linux-mint, Cinnamon, etc.). I do not want this to devolve into a heated discussion about favorites so check out this article: