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		charcircuit 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I can't upgrade to Windows 11, now leave me alone And Windows was written for the 8086. By that logic, Windows was designed for even weaker potatoes.

LtWorf 3 months ago [–]

Except linux still runs on 486 but windows requires a 5 year old machine?

charcircuit 3 months ago | [–]

486 support was dropped over a decade ago back in 2013 in Linux 3.8.

LtWorf 3 months ago | | [–]

Are you seriously saying that linux and windows have the same minimal requirements?

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