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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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[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

What is unreasonable about 4 gb of ram, a processor made in the last decade, and a tpm chip? Even Linux doesn't run well under 8, let alone 4, because linux's memory management and handling of low memory is a catastrophic embarrassment. (Yes it uses less idle, but you get to 80% and the system will lock up)

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Linux runs just fine in 4. Or much less. It depends a lot on what you use it for. My 486 had a whooping 32 Megs of memory and ran Linux just fine.

Regarding MS, the main problem is the changing of the goalpost. And I'm not so sure there's even any point to the whole TPM thing anyway.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 17 hours ago

The TPM chip is the issue here, and not a requirement under Linux.