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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)
submitted 11 months ago by IcedCoffeeBitch@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org
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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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[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Debian.

Windows 10 has a 32bit version, Debian is one of the few distros that still support 32bit, so to stay safe... Debian.

[–] helpmyusernamewontfi 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2023/12/msg00003.html

we anticipate that the kernel, d-i and images teams will cease to support i386 in the near future.

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Damn... it seems like they're only going to support arm32 and amd64 in the SLTS. I still have some Eee 901 with touchscreen mod running 32bit Linux reasonably well. I know they're 15 years old now, but it will be a pity to see them go.

[–] helpmyusernamewontfi 2 points 11 months ago

man I love those old Eee PC's! my dad gave me his old Eee 900 one when I was like 14 and I put Lubuntu on it and it was such a blast having this tiny little laptop I could take anywhere with a snes controller and play snes games on it without it taking any room, it came with a really cool Asus case made for it too. Sadly its just been sitting on my shelf collecting some dust not really sure what to do with it.