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Researchers warn that Windows 11 restrictions could send 240 million computers to landfills (www.techspot.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 107 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Time to start a nonprofit that cleans up old machines and installs Linux on them for deserving poor folks.

[–] Dremor 25 points 1 year ago

Already done in France by Emmaüs, they even have their own Ubuntu based distro.

[–] SonnyVabitch 8 points 1 year ago

Be the change etc...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Tons already exist. If you’re in the Pacific Northwest then make your donations to https://www.freegeek.org