• Mwa@lemm.ee
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    18 minutes ago

    this is literally E-waste
    Reminds me what Spotify did with the Spotify car thing

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    13 minutes ago

    The ONLY thing I still apparently need Windows for is running OPL Manager and HDL Batch Installer for my Playstation 2 hard drives. Can anyone point me in a direction of Linux alternatives? I managed to get WinHiip running in Wine, but it can’t see the PS2 HDD from Wine. Pretty sure I need something that runs native, and for the life of me I cannot find anything. Which is really surprising to me.

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    3 hours ago

    Well at least the second hand laptop market will be flooded by the companies deciding to upgrade to newer laptops for Win11, so a small upside.

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    5 hours ago

    “Trade it in or recycle it” basically means “your best bet to solve this problem is to pass it on to someone else, who will pass it on to someone else, and so on until it arrives at landfill”.

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    4 hours ago

    I love how in a world where we banned straws we are somehow OK with Microsoft pushing people to recycle their old but otherwise adequate system for what, to the vast majority of people, are some paper thin security advantages.

    Anybody who asks me about Windows 10’s EOL date will be introduced to the option of using Linux before i’ll help them select a replacement system. Especially if they literally only use a browser there really is no reason to go through hoops or spend money to stick with Windows.

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    7 hours ago

    Use Linux. And dont listen to zealts who say its not a viable option. Its actually way ahead than Windows or Macos

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    6 hours ago

    I want to ditch windows so bad, but I can’t run any autodesk products on Linux atm… Revit, Autocad… Sad noises

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    9 hours ago

    Im so glad I fully switched to Linux a year ago. Never going back to Windows.

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    8 hours ago

    They just try to force people to buy another PC and so many “computer ignorant” people will…poor old ladies who click on the ads…