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		paulryanrogers 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I will never need to buy a new computer again Linux too eventually drops support for older hardware, though with certain LTS distros it can be as much as ten more years

ahartmetz 11 months ago [–]

A current Kubuntu still runs (but not well) on my 20+ years old ThinkPad R50e. Windows 8 is similarly slow, but in addition always fails when trying to install a certain update or Windows 10.

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