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   nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Dec-2023 07:40:16 JST nixCraft 🐧

   "240 million PCs could end up in landfills when Windows 10 support ends"

   Sure.

   Or they could be repurposed with #Linux or Chrome OS Flex, or #FreeBSD, and we can stop being so freaking dramatic.

   If you just browse, watch Netflix, shop, net banking, etc, Linux distributions like Mint or Ubuntu could save you money. It is an environment-friendly option.

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Saturday, 23-Dec-2023 14:29:51 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @nixCraft Except we all know the vast majority are just going to landfill, specially corporate ones.
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     Acvaristul_Lenes (acvaristul_lenes@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 23-Dec-2023 14:30:41 JST Acvaristul_Lenes

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     @nixCraft I think, nowadays, most PC owners are companies...
     At least I don't see many individuals using more than their phones. Those who aren't employees, usually are students. They own relatively new laptops.
     So yeah, those PCs go to landfill unless M$ pushes an update that allows these to upgrade to Win 11.
     PS: here, in Romania, I still see Windows 7 and 8 computers so, I'm sure, not many Win 10 machines will go to waste :))

     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: and clacke like this.
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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Saturday, 23-Dec-2023 15:26:31 JST clacke

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     • Raven Luni

     @RavenLuni This not talking about any old machine running Windows 10, it's explicitly about those stuck on Windows 10:

     "Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the environmental impact of disposal of Windows 11-incompatible devices."

     reuters.com/technology/microso…

     "Canalys estimates that in the nearly two-year period until Microsoft’s official end-of-support date for Windows 10 – 14 October 2025 – roughly a fifth of devices will become e-waste due to incompatibility with the Windows 11 OS."

     connectedtoindia.com/microsoft…

     @nixCraft

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     Raven Luni (ravenluni@furry.engineer)'s status on Saturday, 23-Dec-2023 15:26:32 JST Raven Luni

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     @nixCraft Or even if they wanted a later windoze version they could do that. What idot wrote that article

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Saturday, 23-Dec-2023 15:26:39 JST clacke

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     • Raven Luni

     The full press release that none of the news sites are linking to:

     canalys.com/insights/end-of-wi…

     They are saying that companies will buy new hardware and that refurbishing companies have difficulty selling machines stuck running an old and unsupported Windows, and that's exactly @nixCraft 's point:

     If only those consumers and sellers would be aware that most of their everyday computer use would be perfectly doable with a GNU/Linux distribution that runs on decade-old hardware and is receiving continual security updates at no charge.

     @RavenLuni

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     Abimelech B. 🐧🇩🇪 | wörk ™️ (abimelechbeutelbilch@fulda.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Dec-2023 17:04:30 JST Abimelech B. 🐧🇩🇪 | wörk ™️

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     @nixCraft 2024 will be the year of the #linux #desktop ❤️

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     Abimelech B. 🐧🇩🇪 | wörk ™️ (abimelechbeutelbilch@fulda.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Dec-2023 18:52:55 JST Abimelech B. 🐧🇩🇪 | wörk ™️

     • Tobias Hellgren

     @thanius @nixCraft #linux with #kde looks like #Windows - so (grand)parents often "see" no difference 👍🏻 You are my hero of the day! 🐧🦸♂️