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[–] Hawk@lemmynsfw.com 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Every OS just mentioned can be updated, no support needed? Just overlay the next kernel over the last and all these distros provide a pathway for that.

Moreover, Arch, Void, Gentoo etc are rolling, so no loss of support.

I figure a multi-million dollar company could do the equivalent of exactly that.

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org -5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Windows 10 can be updated for free to 11. This is only impacting the ewaste laptops that some vendors sell. Like the ones with 64 gb storage or 4-8 gb of ram or no tpm chip... All of which are roughly as shit as each other.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 4 points 19 hours ago

This also affects laptops with anything up to a 7th gen i7 and any amount of RAM and storage. Even if they have the correct TPM version. On a technical level, these devices are absolutely capable of running Windows 11, Microsoft just didn't wanna.