Windows 10: Planning to upgrade to 11 one 10's EOL nears closer, I have some worries.

I have an 8GB laptop, and Health Checker shows I qualify for 11. Despite this, people have given me mixed results due to it being, well, a laptop.My concerns are:What are the chances my laptop gets screwed up during the upgrade?Is 8GB decent enough?How long would an upgrade take?How long is 11 going to be supported after October 2025?

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Cygwin EOL Windows

I am trying to remember how to configure Cygwin to use windows EOL instead of Unix EOL. I haven't had to do this in years and I just bought a new laptop.

NOTE: Bear with me as I describe the issue. I do not desire responses directing me to use bash shell or perl or anything other than solving the described issue. I know it is possible; I have done so since Win2k. And my now-dead Vista machine worked this way for 10 years. If it hadn't croaked, I would have the bookmark My Win 7 laptop at my former employer worked this way. I remember some step of setting the EOL in the default bash shell; but cannot find any site referencing anything near the issue described below.

Steps to reproduce: Picking any arbitrary search string with EOL, grep will not find it. E.g., if have sample.txt file:

1. Open a Windows Command Prompt
   
2. execute "grep -i is$ sample.txt"
   
3. No results are returned.
   

Now, execute

1. "dos2unix sample.txt"
   
2. execute "grep -i is$ sample.txt"
   
3. returns the following, as expected
   

Now...

It is not feasible for me to convert all files every time I want to grep. I want to figure out what I did in the past to change grep to look for Windows EOL and not convert the files to Unix EOL.

I simply cannot remember the steps to run in the default bash shell, or whatever, to effect it. I have searched exhaustively and cannot figure the correct terms to bring up a solution. I am only finding solutions for people who use Ubuntu on Windows or people who use bash shell command instead of Windows Command or other irrelevant solutions.

I did try to add the solution prescribed on a few sites of adding

to the Cygwin/home/user/.bash_profile (where user is my Win user name) and it did not work--even when running the command within a bash shell.

I seem to remember that when running Cygwin solely from a Windows prompt, as I do, there is some default shell that you have to open in bash and type some stuff to make Cygwin recognize the Windows EOL. I cannot find that solution.

I have also tried changing my grep command to use POSIX and -E and other prescribed solutions; none worked and I never had to do that in the past. I have always used the commands above with no issue (after applying the fix).

Finally, I have also uninstalled and re-installed Cygwin, to no avail (of course). I saw quite a few sites that indicated that the EOL char is set in the installation; but I am neither prompted for it nor see any screen that indicates a flag for it. And I do not remember this in any Cygwin install dialog from the past. I am installing the 64-bit Windows version found at Cygwin Installation. I use 64-bit Windows 10 1903.

I apologize for the length of this post; but I wanted to be precise and clear on the issue, the steps I have tried, and what I desire.

Thank you in advance for your response.

 

Should I upgrade to Windows 11 if I game?

As someone who has upgraded her primary machine (gaming and workstation) I have found no difference in gaming performance between 10 and 11. My benchmark scores did improve a little, but big deal. If you are happy with Win 10 and it works for you, then I would suggest riding it out until it goes EOL in 2025, then upgrade.