josephcsible parent
The point is that to get further security updates, you have to spend money to run the new major version of Windows. You can run the most up-to-date Linux for free on a computer from 1989.
> You can run the most up-to-date Linux for free on a computer from 1989
Untrue.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/linux-to-end-support...
I tend to play around with old machines (late 80s, early 90s mostly) and getting any kind of modern-ish distro working on old machines, even distros really cut down, can be quite challenging.