Comment on Researchers warn that Windows 11 restrictions could send 240 million computers to landfills

• MrSilkworm@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I know that unfortunately it’s not going to happen.

  I also know that there are numerous NGOS and less fortunate people who could really take advantage of using a pc and use it for a good cause or just enjoy it.

  I also realise that there is a great number of students, even in the developed world, who could use a laptop for school and fun as well by running Linux.

  instead of throwing the hardware away it could be repurposed.

  Also i could use a couple of new old pcs to build a NAS for local cloud and jellyfish as well as a Batocera based emulation console for my living room.

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  • eclectic_electron@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They could be, and probably should be repurposed

    But also, brand new chrome books are ~$80

    By the time you collect, clean, repair, and reimage the older computers, it may well be cheaper to just buy Chromebooks.

    I hate seeing anything useful going to the trash but the economics aren’t great in this case

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• dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And from a consumer standpoint, practically no one outside of our nerdsphere is going to switch to Linux out of spite. It’s much more likely that anyone with a sour attitude on Microsoft because of this will replace their computer with a Mac instead.

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