Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago"You should probably just throw it away"poptalk.scrubbles.techimagemessage-square474fedilinkarrow-up11.37Karrow-down115
arrow-up11.35Karrow-down1image"You should probably just throw it away"poptalk.scrubbles.techScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square474fedilink
minus-squarecley_faye@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·2 days ago Trade it in or recycle it with local organizations And what are those organizations expected to install on systems that can’t support Windows 11, Microsoft? What are they expected to install exactly?
minus-squarefossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoI upcycle old tech and put Linux Mint on them. The people I’ve given them to seem pleased as do the charities.
minus-squarefishy@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoA lot of components are scavenged for repairs. You’d be surprised how many POS systems run on XP still.
minus-squareScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoI mean, I’ll always take a cheap Linux box…
minus-squarecley_faye@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoYeah, we all know that, but MS being the main force driving this is kinda nuts tho.
And what are those organizations expected to install on systems that can’t support Windows 11, Microsoft? What are they expected to install exactly?
Linux
I upcycle old tech and put Linux Mint on them. The people I’ve given them to seem pleased as do the charities.
A lot of components are scavenged for repairs. You’d be surprised how many POS systems run on XP still.
I mean, I’ll always take a cheap Linux box…
Yeah, we all know that, but MS being the main force driving this is kinda nuts tho.