Comment on E-waste or Linux? Charities face tough choices as Windows 10 support ends

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• regrub@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Only feasible if on an air-gapped network with no access to the internet

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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No no, that’s the point. To infect as many computers as absolutely possible, all clogging down every network, and eventually microsoft will have to address the issues.

    What do you care? I assume you’re on linux and wouldn’t be affected either way.

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    • regrub@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You seem to have a lot more faith in microsoft than I do.

      My concern is the likelyhood that companies using MS products will cut corners by using deprecated/unsupported OSs for years after the last security patch, which will lead to security breaches for many consumers.

      Not on Linux yet, but I really need to make the switch soon. Will be nice to actually have some semblance of control over my own personal devices.

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      • daggermoon@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I see you are interested in switching to the penguin, may I be of any assistance?

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      • 0x0@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        My concern is the likelyhood that companies using MS products will cut corners by using deprecated/unsupported OSs for years after the last security patch, which will lead to security breaches for many consumers.

        That likelihood is high, real and current.

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  • n2burns@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And with hardware supported by XP.

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• ingy@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  xp.quenq.com

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• daggermoon@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Why not CentOS?

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