Comment on 'End of 10' to Windows 10 Users: The Environment Wants You to Use Linux

FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Long story short, my Dad just got a new computer. (His old was was actually really old, but he could have used Linux.)

  Anyway, I told him not to throw out the old computer and that I would take it. He was baffled that I would want it or could even do anything with it.

  I am going to set it up as a backup server in the house for my parents and myself as it will be a nice way to have an offsite backup for free.

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  • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So many use cases! I’m giving an old NUC to a kid at work who’s learning Linux. Jesus, the kid bought a copy of Linux from “the best/most-famous hacker in the world!”. We had a come-to-Jesus talk about that horseshit.

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    • Flagstaff@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Unbelievable. Linux sellers deserve the death penalty. /s (mostly…)

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• Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I recently virtualised an XP machine that had been running since me immemorial, and will continue to (virtually) do so.

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• bollybing@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  But you don’t want to do anything that requires security on them like shopping, email, or anything that requires you to log into to an account that you dont want stolen.

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  • DosDude@retrolemmy.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You can, if you install Linux

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  • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not true. As long as you keep updating your browsers etc you’re going to be generally ok.

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