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End of Windows 10 Leaves PC Charities With Tough Choice
samedi 15 mars 2025, 03:00 , par Slashdot
![]() So, in short, even though Windows 10 has been around since 2015, there are still massive security holes being patched. Even within the past few weeks, dozens of vulnerabilities were fixed by Microsoft. So what's a charity to do when these updates are running out and clients will be left vulnerable? 'What we decided to do is one year ahead of the cutoff, we discontinued Windows 10,' said Casey Sorensen, CEO of PCs for People, one of the U.S.'s largest non-profit computer refurbishers. 'We will distribute Linux laptops that are 6th or 7th gen. If we distribute a Windows laptop, it will be 8th gen or newer.' Sorensen said that any PC that's fifth gen or older will be sent to an ewaste recycler. Sorensen, who founded the company in 1998, told us that he's comfortable giving clients computers that run Linux Mint, a free OS that's based on Ubuntu. The latest version of Mint, version 22.1, will be supported until 2029. 'Ten years ago if we distributed Linux, they would be like what is it,' he said. But today, he notes that many view their computers as windows to the Internet and, for that, a user-friendly version of Linux is acceptable. Further reading: Is 2025 the Year of the Linux Desktop? Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/03/15/016220/end-of-windows-10-leaves-pc-charities-with-tough-cho...
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