With support ending for Windows 10, the most popular desktop operating system in the world currently, possibly 240 million pcs may be sent to the landfill. This is mostly due to Windows 11’s exorbitant requirements. This will most likely result in many pcs being immediately outdated, and prone to viruses. GNU/Linux may be these computers’ only secure hope, what do you think?
There is a reason Microsoft demands 8th gen cpu:
Older cpus are susceptible for spectre and meltdown side channel attacks. There are many more similar flaws, like ZombieLoad.
Some of these attacks can be mitigated but with a huge performance penalty.
Here is a German blog post with even more reasons: carolapantenburg.wordpress.com/2021/08/03/windows-11-und-die-8-generation/
