I have some computers where I've tried both an upgrade to Windows 10 and a switch to Linux. Both have similar problems, like trackpad not working, WLAN not work

I have some computers where I've tried both an upgrade to Windows 10 and a switch to Linux. Both have similar problems, like trackpad not working, WLAN not working, in both cases because they only worked properly with Windows 7 drivers, so I'll keep them on Windows 7 even after Jan 2020 (I hope, at least). I just don't expect to use them for any surfing -- they will remain to be the backup machines for the tasks that don't involve browsers. They are anyway already struggling with the modern ad-laden web pages. In case I'll need surfing, maybe I'll install a VM with Linux only for that purpose, avoiding the driver issues... And the irony was, Microsoft's "upgrade to Windows 10" program claimed they will be OK. Only afterwards, running 10, the old drivers misbehave, and the newer simply don't exist. And it's not that the hardware producer is some small company, it's Intel who doesn't want to produce newer updates of their drivers for their older hardware. The another irony is that the Linux also has driver and desktop performance problems, resulting in WLAN not working but also local videos stuttering, if they are using more modern codecs and higher resolution: mplayer running on Windows manages to play the same videos OK which the mplayer on Linux plays unstable. So it's still https://xkcd.com/619/ https://xkcd.com/619/ "but who uses that?" even when striking out the flash word. On such desktops, VM with Linux will work, but don't expect miracles for demanding content.