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Windows 10 End off Life, Oct 2025 -switching to a Linux Distro

Started by ssfc72, April 04, 2025, 01:21:38 AM

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The security support for Windows 10 OS, from Microsoft, is ending this October, on older computers and notebooks.

To save these perfectly good computers from being sent to the landfill and having to spend hard earned money from being spent on new computers, now is a good time for people to install a Linux OS (Distro) onto their older computer.

Maybe Jason might want to add a new Topic to the Forum about installing a Linux Distro on an older computers, to help the public learn how to go about doing an install and the advantages and disadvantages people might experience?
Mint 20.3 on a Dell 14" Inspiron notebook, HP Pavilion X360, 11" k120ca notebook (Linux Lubuntu), Dell 13" XPS notebook computer (MXLinux)
Cellphone Samsung A50, Koodo pre paid service

Jason

Zorin OS 17.3 installed on:
* Dell Precision 3630 Tower - i5-8600@3.1 GHz (4.3 GHz turbo) six core, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB M.2 drive, GeForce 1060 card (Zorin OS 17.3)
* Lenovo ThinkPad T480 w/ i5-8350U@1.7 GHz (3.4 GHz turbo) 4 cores/8 threads, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB M.2 drive, touchscreen (Zorin OS 17.3)