Thread: Amazon discontinuing support for older Kindles in May
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Old 04-11-2026, 10:41 AM   #183
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So last year I fiddled with it a bit, replaced the old 300 GB HDD with a 256 GB SSD, added a RAM stick, replaced the battery and put Linux Mint on it. It works. I mean right now it has just one purpose (my elderly mother likes to listen to the parliament sessions so it’s the kitchen device to run the stream on the browser when she’s cooking), but it seems quite useable. *shrugs* (I guess there’s the point to be made that it stopped getting Windows updates many, many years ago, but the laptop itself works and is fit for purpose.)

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And people can still use thire Kindles to sideload?
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