With support ending for Windows 10, the most popular desktop operating system in the world currently, possibly 240 million pcs may be sent to the landfill. This is mostly due to Windows 11’s exorbitant requirements. This will most likely result in many pcs being immediately outdated, and prone to viruses. GNU/Linux may be these computers’ only secure hope, what do you think?

  • 𝐘Ⓞz҉
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    1 year ago

    Federal, state and local government , multinational companies and boomers.

      • @TrickDacy
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        21 year ago

        Except for that last part, sounds somewhat plausible…

        • @Bytemeister
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          21 year ago

          Doorbell is wireless, from temu, and is missing FCC compliance sticker.

          Just a hunch.

    • @LifeInMultipleChoice
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      51 year ago

      State governments usually are required to place all of their computers up for sale through surplus. (Hard drives usually removed and destroyed). I have been through that process at a State College and a University. They aren’t just thrown away. I imagine there is a similar process for federal computer.

      • 𝐘Ⓞz҉
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        61 year ago

        True they give it to “recyclers” who try to sell what they can and throw the rest. I know this because I used to work for the “recyclers”

        • @LifeInMultipleChoice
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          21 year ago

          Yeah, when access to raspberry pi’s and such was none existant I knew a few people who would pick up old Optiplex computers and such to use as media servers and such. Old dells used to be very reliable. Throw whatever distro on there gui or not, and the shitty graphics cards wouldn’t matter much