I read that you have to get 10 and then change to 11 but the bullshit that goes with it has put me of.

Two straightforward options are obviously to stay with 7 and consult YT channels ref security options. Second, use the alternative Unix platforms (Ubunti) as per Ian's suggestion. I am more or less certain it is far less clunky that Microshaft Windows, but it does require some effort to learn : /.

I always hated MS crap meself, being v. long in the tooth on the IT front well before Bill Gates surreptitiously outfoxed the Big Blue with his source code licence.