The End of Windows 10 Support Is an E-Waste Disaster in the Making

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6. People and businesses should be able to donate those systems to schools, or needy people, with linux installed.

Linux runs with way less memory and CPU demand than Windows (depends on the distro, some are extremely efficient) allowing it to run on "windows 10" variety hardware, and earlier systems going back many years, and

• The operating system can be updated as needed. A few distros are dropping 32-bit support (very old machines)
• Linux comes with a complete "Office Compatible" suite, up to date browsers and email apps. Apps get updated.
• Most, if not all, distros come with mathematical and educational apps installed, or easily installed from the web.

Young (and old) people who learn programming "the old way" will run circles around "don't make me think" coders who only "vibe code".
Vibe code almost always has to be "fixed" by real humans, and likely, always will.

I have linux running on a very old compaq laptop (big screen) over 10 years old, with all the apps mentioned above.