
Good to know.
Thanks for the info update. I am a hardcore "use it till it breaks" type of person. My current system is an Acer 5733Z laptop with driver dates showing as 2013. 10 plus years old. Windows 7 Home Premium (EOL) still receiving security updates via those released for Server 2008R2 64 bit. They share the same core (6.1). These will stop Jan 2026.
I trained first on Apple & CPM, then some Unix main frames, & finally Windows. I refuse to migrate to Win 10 (now being dumped) or Win 11 that requires all new hardware & that is dumped on with every buggy update. I have always used a version of Ubuntu/Linux as a secondary OS on my machines for the last decade. My current fav is ZORIN core(free). It will become my primary OS in Jan 2026. This laptop meets every computing need that I have.
I simply am NOT going to upgrade to satisfy the greed of the current tech giants who own & control the world now. Reading the comments here revealed the best advice I agree with. DON'T buy Nvidia. My system uses Intel. I suppose I may upgrade my hardware in the next 5 years. Something with a touch screen, 1 tb SSD & 16/32 gig of memory. I am not a gamer or work for NASA or the NSA so I don't need Nvidia graphics. I will be very careful choosing my brand of installed GPU. It will be a compliant Linux machine. ZORIN slow walks their updates but work flawlessly because of it.
I agree that it is sad when these giants lose concern for older customers & don't spend a minuscule amount of their billions to support older hardware that still works & serves a purpose. Our landfills are over filled & our world is becoming irreversibly polluted.