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Linux or Landfill? End of Windows 10 Leaves PC Charities with Tough Choice (www.tomshardware.com)

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[–] AtHeartEngineer@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

How much ewaste has Microsoft caused just by wanting to sell more copies of the next version of windows.

[–] b_van_b@programming.dev -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Windows 10 was released ten years ago. How long do you think they should provide support? For comparison, Redhat gives 10 years for LTS releases, and Ubuntu and Linux Mint give 5 years. Extended support beyond the LTS period requires a paid subscription, similar to Windows.

[–] Hawk@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 2 weeks ago

Every OS just mentioned can be updated, no support needed? Just overlay the next kernel over the last and all these distros provide a pathway for that.

Moreover, Arch, Void, Gentoo etc are rolling, so no loss of support.

I figure a multi-million dollar company could do the equivalent of exactly that.

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