[joshstrange]

> System resources ... the requirements are much higher than they need to be

They don't mention the requirements directly because people would laugh them out of the room.

For hardware (aside from the TPM):

1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster with 2 or more cores on a compatible 64-bit processor, 4 gigabytes (GB), 64 GB or larger storage device.

That is "higher than they need to be"? I don't think so. That's the absolute _floor_ and I'm shocked it isn't higher. Windows raising requirements forces hardware vendors to ship something better and for many people who buy the entry-level computer that's a boon.

> Is it finally the year of the Linux desktop?

No, and I don't see that happening anytime soon. I can't take someone seriously if they legitimately think installing Linux Mint is a viable alternative for normal people. If you are reading this you are not normal and neither are any people for which you support a linux install (parents/friends).

[joseda-hg]

At work we have some old computers which entire existence is running a legacy program from back when software didn't have gigs to spare

Those computers efectively have fixed requirements measured in a few megabytes + Whatever Windows needs

This eventually will mean that either those apps get rewriten for no good reason and moved to other platforms, or they get stuck on 'unsupported OS, AirGapped from as much as possible' limbo

Effectively nothing about them changed, they didn't need anything new, the API's didn't change, Microsoft just decided to do the thing

[joshstrange]

Air-gap or firewall them then and move on. Nothing says you have to update Windows unless they are online.

There are plenty of ancient computers running DOS or older still, nothing stops them from working if you don't need features of the newer OS.

[dismalaf]

Linux Mint is a buggy POS, the fact it's ever recommended is a disservice to Linux.