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Microsoft's Windows 10 move could drive landfill surge (www.abc.net.au)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Don''t send to landfill. Give it to someone who uses Linux. The cost/availability of used/refurbished hardware isn't great in Australia. I think a lot ends up being dumped.

Old laptops are great for remote admin and coding under linux. I like ex-enterprise mini pcs for home servers. They have reasonably fast CPUs and use much less power/noise than real servers. And old Windows computers with a wipe and update to Linux make great low maintenance computers for older relatives.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

hell, I still have a toshiba satellite 300 running. Mostly used for junking around and testing stuff on a different subnet to my main network.