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Windows 10 end of life could prompt torrent of e-waste as 240 million devices set for scrapheap | ITPro (www.itpro.com)

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Analysts have warned Windows 10 end of life plans could spark a global torrent of e-waste, with millions of devices expected to be scrapped in the coming years.

Research from Canalys shows that up to 240 million PCs globally could be terminated as a result of the shift over to Windows 11, raising critical questions about device refreshes and the responsibility of vendors to extend life cycles.

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[-] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago

Nvidia on wayland really isn't that bad nowadays. Hell I would say that it's pretty good even

[-] MJBrune@beehaw.org 1 points 6 months ago

With a 1080 it hard locks on start up. With a 3080, same results, with my 1660, same results. Tested with Fedora 38.

[-] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago

maybe try Nobara or PopOS that provide support for nvidia ootb

[-] MJBrune@beehaw.org 1 points 6 months ago

I'll check again but I believe as I was testing out Linux distros to put on my kid's laptop just 2 weeks ago, I tested PopOS and it somehow failed. I think it failed to boot entirely because some service not launching. I'd need to double-check that though. Overall I had about 6 distros to go through and moved on. I've stayed away from Nobara because it doesn't seem like a well-trodden path.

I've looked at jumping back into FreeBSD or perhaps going to Gentoo but frankly, that's more if I was going to turn my whole computer into a hobby project and I have other hobbies I want to use my computer for.