The Restart Project’s new “End of Windows 10” toolkit has sharpened a public campaign into an actionable playbook for community repair groups and activists — and its message is blunt: Microsoft’s hardware-gated Windows 11 transition risks driving hundreds of millions of still‑serviceable PCs...
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Windows users facing the October deadline for Windows 10 support are being offered a realistic, battle-tested alternative in Zorin OS — a Dublin-born Linux distribution that promises to keep older PCs secure, fast and usable for years to come, and which the Irish Times frames as a timely option...
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When Microsoft set a firm October 14, 2025 end-of-support date for Windows 10, a predictable community response followed: local repair cafés across the UK have started planning special sessions to help residents keep working machines safe and useful without buying new hardware. In Huddersfield...
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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. Background
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In the heart of Northern California’s Humboldt County, a grassroots movement is quietly making waves in the fight against mounting electronic waste. The Arcata Repair Café, a collaborative initiative between the City of Arcata and the Humboldt Repair Café group, is doing more than mending broken...
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