2026-04-20
*planted: 20/04/2026last tended: 20/04/2026
- Bookmarked:
- Global PC Shipments Grow 3.2% YoY in Q1 2026 on Pre-emptive Buying Before Memory-led Price Increases
- "The growth was fueled by two key drivers – pre-emptive buying before memory-led price increases hit the retail level, and the necessary hardware refreshes caused by the termination of Windows 10 support."
- global memory shortage crisis / Windows 10 end-of-life
- France is ditching Windows for digital sovereignty - and its new Linux stack is taking shape
- "France's government is switching from Windows to a Linux desktop. The desktop will be based on the police Linux distro, GendBuntu. The distro includes France's own suite of open-source desktop programs."
- Global PC Shipments Grow 3.2% YoY in Q1 2026 on Pre-emptive Buying Before Memory-led Price Increases
- I'm trying to recognise digital shocks, to see how are playing out in relation to resilience and transition. To learn from that for future shocks.
- The global memory shortage crisis is a digital shock.
- Windows 10 end-of-life is a digital shock.
- The onset of AI is a digital shock.
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