How long do we have before PCs get locked bootloaders and corporations ban installation of "non-approved" software? (for context: Google is restricting sideloading worldwide on Android ETA 2027)

4 个月前

Fluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.net · 4 个月前

I don’t know how useful 32 bit old computers are, if they run cryptography software they aren’t completely useless

Valmond@lemmy.world · 4 个月前

Mine are all “modern” ones, I think even the old E8300 was 64 bits and that one I left a loong time ago. Do you keep all your computers?

Fluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.net · 4 个月前

All the ones that run and a couple that don’t. Some are in my mom’s basement though

Valmond@lemmy.world · 4 个月前

Any idea what you want to use them for, or is it “just in case”?

Fluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.net · 4 个月前

At minimum they can be crypto terminals or distraction free writing/eBook reading machines. But mostly just in case it’s all we have left to use.