I am not a speculator, I hated the win11 discourse before it came out

that said
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3068331/windows-12-rumors-features-pricing-everything-we-know-so-far.html

Microsoft. What is this? Really? At this point we might as well cut the internet in half, corpo AI slop side and then the fun human side
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Is this when I should start an ewaste donation programs where we rescue old devices?
Installing Linux on Hundreds of "Obsolete" Computers | Microsoft Windows 10 Support Ending

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@mander massive community warehouse project installing Linux on “bricked” hardware
@xazqe ok now I wanna do this. How do we do this? Geniuenly. I want a geekathon!!!
@mander Big corporations just get rid of “incompatible” hardware.. it’s a gold mine for legal dumpster diving, they hand it away for free, because it’s going to a landfill/recycling anyways 🤤
@xazqe I know of this, but I feel like we should be able to organize something with this
@mander Totally! All Linux folx coming together in a community effort after the “alert” has been sent out.. Linux people would show up and help out I think in a community geekathon ☺️ So much passion, more footwork - more energy!! 🥰