Local repair cafés from Huddersfield to Slaithwaite are planning a free, volunteer-led “Linux Repair Café Day” to help residents keep working Windows 10 PCs out of landfill and protected after Microsoft ends free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025. (support.microsoft.com)...
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Reviving older PCs that can't handle Windows 11 is entirely feasible with the right lightweight Linux distribution. These operating systems are designed to be resource-efficient, user-friendly, and compatible with aging hardware, offering a new lease on life for machines that might otherwise be...
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Say i have 1 physical C drive with 3 partitions:
1) System Reserved
2) Boot (Where Windows lives)
3) Lubuntu
Then i have a bad BSOD!
I boot, and on Grub i choose Lubuntu.
Can i secure erase partitions 1&2 but leave 3 untouched?
3 is rescue & fix partition!
If secure erase, wipes the whole...
Tried installing Lubuntu on my D: drive which contains only files, no OS! But when i selected this drive in the boot options got message "Bootmgr is missing".
Lubuntu gives the option to select which partition should contain the "Bootmgr", and i selected the same partition for the OS to be...
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Hi,
Have an Asus P8Z77-V PRO/THUNDERBOLT.
I created another ntfs partition on my ssd C: drive. It is is to install Linux Lubuntu.
My idea for a 2nd OS is purely for rescue purposes so i can access internet from lubuntu and try to fix windows or reinstall it without having a dedicated usb with...