I have expensive hardware preferences, and even sometimes upgrade before I need to. I like a computer to last 3-5 years, sometimes it falls on the lower end of

I have expensive hardware preferences, and even sometimes upgrade before I need to. I like a computer to last 3-5 years, sometimes it falls on the lower end of that range. Every time the machine I replace is still usable or can be repaired, it’s a hand me down to family or friends or community who don’t have the luxury to afford any computer much less one which is still more powerful than what they could potentially buy if they saved money they don’t have. To the extent the hardware has aged but will still serve the people receiving it, and to the extent they’re more comfortable jumping through the smaller hoops to run familiar software than the larger hoops of vast complexity of a new OS, projects like this are wonderful. That’s why.