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    [–] EABOD25@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Damn. My 10 year old HP all in one is gonna be bricked? Damn shame

    [–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

    Fuck it man, I'll take it, you can still spin that up with Linux and run a bunch of microservices on it. Not a great form factor for a server, but guess what, if these China tariffs take off, you're gonna be so glad you have a 10 year old machine to have around for extra compute power, since buying new compute will be obscenely costly. (Assuming you're in the USA of course, if you're in Europe you'll be fine)

    [–] EABOD25@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

    I gotta figure out how to transfer my PLC software first lol

    [–] trespasser69@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

    Install Linux if you still want use your old computer

    [–] EABOD25@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

    Not particularly lol. Probably gonna retire it and give it a heroes funeral for lasting as long as it did

    [–] kekmacska@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

    nah, for old computers, you can't get anything better than MenuetOS or its fork, KolibriOS. That will run on my flipflops too. recommended system requirements: Pentium MMX (this is literally from 1997), 32 mb ram (yes, you read that right), 1.4 mb (entire operating system size with preinstalled programs, yes it is something else), any vga adapter released after 1995

    [–] tsugu@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

    Download the Windows 11 ISO and tick an option to mitigate the new requirements in Rufus. That's all you have to do. Or download the Windows 10 IoT iso from massgrave. Supported until 2030-something.

    [–] EABOD25@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    I think it needs to be retired. I strictly using it for streaming shows and it's about a 30% chance that I have to do a hard reboot for that to work. It's had 2 factory resets and a number of internal cleanings. It's dying bro. It's time to put it down

    [–] tsugu@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

    Fair enough. Tho if you do discover some functional hardware that's unsupported by W11, know that you don't have to turn to Linux at all.