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The point is that to get further security updates, you have to spend money to run the new major version of Windows. You can run the most up-to-date Linux for fr
by josephcsible 1y ago
The point is that to get further security updates, you have to spend money to run the new major version of Windows. You can run the most up-to-date Linux for free on a computer from 1989.
- vel0city 1y ago> You can run the most up-to-date Linux for free on a computer from 1989 Untrue. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/linux-to-end-support-for-1989s-hottest-chip-the-486-with-next-release/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/linux-to-end-support... I tend to play around with old machines (late 80s, early 90s mostly) and getting any kind of modern-ish distro working on old machines, even distros really cut down, can be quite challenging.
- josephcsible 1y agoThat patch hasn't been merged yet, so it is in fact still true.