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Linux or Landfill? End of Windows 10 Leaves PC Charities with Tough Choice (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] PokerChips@programming.dev 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I think there are a lot of gunky software out there that only works on Windows. I tried getting my mom on Linux but I was unable to find any good open source sewing and graphic alternatives to the expensive lock in hardware that she had already bought.

Although I doubt these are the kind of road blocks charities are facing.

[–] zloubida@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

“Companion softwares” for hardware are the only thing that still makes me use my Windows VM. In my case it's my children's educative computers which need a real computer to add content.

[–] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 1 points 18 hours ago

What do you use for your VM? I tried running a VM with QEMU but its pretty slow