Ending Support For Windows 10 Could Send 240 Million Computers To The Landfill: A Stack Of That Many Laptops Would End Up 600 Km Higher Than The Moon - Gadget Tendency
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Analysts at Canalys estimate that 240 million PCs could end up in the scrap heap after October 2025, when Microsoft ends free support for Windows 10.

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 This will most likely result in many pcs being immediately outdated, and prone to viruses.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?

  • derf82@lemmy.worldEnglish
    943·
    1 year ago

    A ton of people can barely open a PDF and this sub thinks those people can change to a completely different operating system.

    • tinkeringidiot@lemmy.world
      371·
      1 year ago

      My 80 year old dad has been using a XUbuntu for years and never even noticed. The only reason he knows he’s using Linux at all is because he saw a news story about Windows tracking and asked about it. He was quite happy not to be affected.

    • hyperhopper@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      If you are so bad at using a computer you can’t open a PDF, then you won’t notice the difference between windows and linux