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    [–] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 38 points 7 months ago

    ”I can fix him."

    [–] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 26 points 7 months ago

    Of course. A large part of my network infrastructure is old laptops running various Linux distros.

    [–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 19 points 7 months ago (2 children)
    [–] Waffelson@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    laptops with 32x processor or bios instead of uefi

    [–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 5 points 7 months ago

    Then, no. Mine is from 2017.

    [–] Petter1@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

    Well, my macbook pro from 2009 is 64bit and normally uses efi but in order to get the nvidia GPU running I had to force it to boot grub2 using legcy Bios by using a CDrom for the ArchISO.

    [–] ipsirc@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    It can't run the latest FarCry smoothly.

    [–] ManniSturgis@lemmy.zip 5 points 7 months ago

    If by "latest" you mean any of them, then yes.

    [–] rem26_art@fedia.io 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    i'll put linux on every laptop i can get my grubby little hands on

    [–] meekah@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)
    [–] rem26_art@fedia.io 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    honestly, I wasn't even thinking about GRUB when I sad that, but lmao it works so well

    [–] meekah@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

    Unintended puns are the best

    [–] Twig@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    LILO it works so well

    [–] public_image_ltd@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I am running Mint on a MacBook Air from 2008

    [–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    How does it run? That's not your main machine, I hope.

    [–] public_image_ltd@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Definitely not. But still okay for browsing and mail. My main machine is a 27” 5K iMac from 2014 that is running MacOs Sonoma under open core.

    [–] Petter1@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Why not mint there as well??

    [–] public_image_ltd@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Can‘t run DaVinci resolve as good and a bunch of other reasons. MacOS can be pretty nice.

    [–] Petter1@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    I see, I give macOS another shot on my newly acquired 2013 retina MacBookPro (pf course for free). And is it only to finally get my TOTP out of apple keychain 🤣🤟🏻

    [–] LucidNightmare@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    I replaced the battery and RAM on a Macbook Pro 8,1 running Pop_OS recently and the damn thing didn't even work better. The battery still only lasted around an hour or two on medium brightness and YouTube @ 720p. Absolutely garbage, and it really made me feel like a fool for spending the extra money on that damn thing.

    [–] public_image_ltd@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Does it still run with a HD? Upgrading to SSD really accelerated mine.

    [–] LucidNightmare@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

    I had also replaced the HDD with an SSD. :(

    [–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

    Yes, but it already had Linux on it.

    [–] EchoCranium@lemmy.zip 12 points 7 months ago

    Not a laptop, but I had an old motherboard from over 20 years ago not doing anything. Screwed it to a board on the wall of my shop. Added an old hard drive and some components out of the same old box it was in, and now have it running Mint. Found an old wifi card that works too, so I can look up parts and repair videos while I'm working on projects. Works great.

    [–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Every computer I own runs Linux or BSD. I still use a Thinkpad X200T running Arch.

    [–] DriftinGrifter@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago

    A fellow BSD fan =D

    [–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 9 points 7 months ago

    how else am i supposed to use a 10yr old laptop without wanting to punch it to death?

    [–] AngusTheNerd@feddit.uk 7 points 7 months ago

    Got a 10 year old laptop that couldn't do anything whike running Windows 10. Couldn't install Windows 11 because no TPM chip. Was about to replace it when I thought screw it and gave Linux a go.

    It now runs as smoothly as the day I got it, and am now a Linux convert.

    [–] Shareni@programming.dev 6 points 7 months ago

    I install Linux.

    [–] Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago

    Yes! I slapped Lubuntu on an HP Stream 13 not long ago. Works like a charm.

    [–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    Well, usually I install Linux on new laptops that then become old.

    But also, I distrohop , so I also install on old laptops…

    [–] KrapKake@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

    Of course! And not even just laptops, I like to test/install Linux on about anything possible... I must know the answer to "Will it Linux?".

    [–] Petter1@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

    Always! I don’t spend any money on computing devices anymore. I just collect the old laptops from my family and install arch or tumbleweed on them 😄

    [–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Anything I use exclusively runs Linux.

    Hardware I pass down runs Linux.

    The family computer runs Linux.

    Kids school laptops and wife laptop run Windows.

    [–] Petter1@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

    You have some work pending in that case😂 at least 2 PCs in your house need an upgrade

    [–] laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    You mean you haven't set up a PXE Boot auto installer for non Linux machines connecting to your network to be automatically upgraded yet?

    [–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 2 points 7 months ago

    How dare you threaten me with a good time.

    [–] BugleFingers@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

    It's the only thing keeping my 08 Asus going RN. Lil bastard can't die on me. I won't allow it

    [–] stanleytweedle@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

    I'm still running LXDE on an Acer netbook I got in 2010 or so. Tiny, underpowered little thing but still has a physical NIC which is why I still love it.

    [–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

    I install linux in my only laptop

    [–] murph@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 7 months ago

    I have Linux running on an Acer c710 laptop with an SSD duct-taped in the case. It just won't die.

    [–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

    I installed Mint xfce on my landlord's low-end laptop and some time later Mint Cinnamon on my wife's 2016 Lenovo which was starting to show the typical signs. Great experience for both of them. I mean, the laptops work, which is the least you should expect from something you paid 600 bucks for

    [–] daniskarma@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

    "We have the technology to revive him."

    [–] TwinTusks@bitforged.space 1 points 7 months ago

    I have a 2012 laptop running endeavour

    [–] KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

    everything that isn't my main machine runs linux. my old laptop from 10 years ago, a PC made of my old rig's parts i use as a NAS and jellyfin server, and i almost got my brother to install linux on his thinkpad.