The "End of 10" project wants to save aging PCs with Linux instead of Windows 11

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust In brief: An estimated 240 million PCs will become obsolete when Windows 10 reaches end-of-life status in October. Microsoft is begging impacted users to buy new devices (preferably Copilot+ PCs) to upgrade to Windows 11, but the "End of 10" project aims to use the opportunity to introduce more people to Linux. A recently created website called "End of 10" offers simple instructions for installing Linux while explaining the open-source operating system's advantages over Windows. The project primarily targets users with Windows 10 PCs that are ineligible for Windows 11 because of hardware constraints. Microsoft will stop updating most Windows 10 devices after October 14, even though the OS remains more popular than Windows 11. Furthermore, stringent CPU requirements will leave potentially hundreds of millions of PCs unable to run the company's latest OS. Windows 11 only supports Intel's ... Read full article.