These days Linux has far better hardware support than Windows. Including tons of older stuff that Windows abandoned.
The exception is stuff like "gaming" devices like nice/keyboards that have custom shitty apps for customizing them.
https://brave.com/ Use Brave browser. Same tech as Chrome, but without the Google spying.
Dump that security risk of an outdated OS and put Linux on your machine. Lots of (non political) help is available out there to help you do so.