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Windows 11 just isn't enticing Windows 10 users to upgrade, and its market share is actually falling (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] snownyte@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

That's why I scope out for old laptops from time to time. It's pointless to hope for it to run today's Windows OSes. But to write it off as completely useless is stupid when you can throw any desired Linux distro on it.

Though I have noticed that Ubuntu does get harder to run on old laptops.