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I saved a doomed Windows laptop by embracing Linux (www.theverge.com)
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[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago

I grabbed a few all-in-one desktops from an office that was upgrading to Windows 11.

I loaded it up with a nice 1TB retroarch image with bunch of ROMs and gave them to the nieces and nephews.

Pre-windows 11 hardware is great for repurposing with Linux, there's just so much available thanks to Microsoft.