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Installing Linux on Hundreds of "Obsolete" Computers | Microsoft Windows 10 Support Ending (www.youtube.com)

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[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Closer to 7 years for the newest unsupported machines.

And just because somethings obsolete doesn't mean it's unusable. Your CPU is probably considered obsolete and not getting security patches, but I bet you're still using it.

[–] dinckelman@programming.dev 15 points 6 days ago

We've seen W11 be installed on one of the first ever x86_64 machines with enough success. Obviously there are missing cpu instructions, but the majority of requirements differences between 10 and 11 are just bs, and an attempt at forced obsolescence