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Join the End of 10 Campaign – Help Users Transition from Windows 10 to Linux
by finnjan＠tuta.io 31 May '25

31 May '25

Hello Everyone, I’m reaching out on behalf of the End of 10 campaign, a community project from an enthusiastic group of free and open source software communities and repair café initiatives. Check out our campaign website here: https://endof10.org We would like you to join us by listing your place on the campaign website! See the end of this email for information on how to get listed. Our goal is to help Windows 10 users keep using their current machines even after Windows 10 support ends on October 14th this year. How? By installing Linux. We’re building a growing network of local repair cafés, Linux User Groups, independent computer shops, community events, and more from all over the world that want to help people make the switch. We already have over 100 places and events in dozens of countries listed on our website. Microsoft is nudging users to replace perfectly functional hardware, but most machines still have plenty of life left. With a modern Linux distribution and a bit of guidance, anyone can keep their computer fast, secure, and out of the landfill. This is more than just a tech issue — it’s an environmental one, too. When support ends, up to 250 million devices could become e-waste, just because of software. That’s a staggering amount of waste we can help prevent simply by helping people switch to free and open source software. We'd love to have you listed on our website so more people around the world know where they can get in-person support. Don't hesitate to be in touch if you have any questions. Best, Finnjan _How to get listed?_ Send an email with your info in the following format to endof10(a)lists.posteo.de: For the place: { "name": "Example Repair Cafe", "url": "https://example.com/", "streetAddress": "Musterstraße 123", "postalCode": "12345", "addressLocality": "Musterstadt", "addressRegion": "Musterland", "addressCountry": "DE", "latitude": 12.345678, "longitude": 12.345678, "email": "example(a)example.com", "telephone": "+491631737743", "openingHours": "Mo,Tu,We,Th 09:00-12:00", "estimatedCost": "Free"} For an event: { "name": "Example Event in Germany, 10am to 1pm CEST (UTC+2)", "startDate": "2025-05-01T10:00:00+02:00", "endDate": "2025-05-01T13:00:00+02:00", "description": "We install Linux together.", "inLanguage": "de", "url": "https://example.com/", "streetAddress": "Musterstraße 123", "postalCode": "12345", "addressLocality": "Musterstadt", "addressRegion": "Musterland", "addressCountry": "DE", "latitude": 12.345678, "longitude": 12.345678, "email": "example(a)example.com", "telephone": "+491631737743", "estimatedCost": "Free", "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode"} Read more or submit a merge request directly via: https://invent.kde.org/websites/endof10-org

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Hola y'all!
by Don Crowder 27 May '25

27 May '25

I don't think I've seen a post on here in months. Is there anybody left on this list? I'm fairly active at Bear Canyon Senior Center (I host a ukulele club there and my name is on the wall in the computer lab for Linux support). A friend from there emailed to ask me for advice on switching to Linux - like many folks he's had it "up-to-here" with the Windows 11 debacle - and of course I offered to help him in any way I can but I wanted to refer him to a LUG email list, which was an invaluable resource to me in the early days of my own Linux experience but I'm not sure there still an active list anywhere near Albuquerque. What say? Don Crowder

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