Do you install linux on old laptops?

HEXN3T , 2 months ago

”I can fix him."

NegativeLookBehind , 2 months ago

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

rem26_art , 2 months ago

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

meekah , 2 months ago

heh, GRUB

rem26_art , 2 months ago

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

meekah , 2 months ago

Unintended puns are the best

Twig , 2 months ago

LILO it works so well

MonkderDritte , 2 months ago

Define “old”.

ipsirc , 2 months ago

It can’t run the latest FarCry smoothly.

ManniSturgis , 2 months ago

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

Waffelson OP , 2 months ago

laptops with 32x processor or bios instead of uefi

MonkderDritte , 2 months ago

Then, no. Mine is from 2017.

Petter1 , 2 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.

public_image_ltd , 2 months ago

I am running Mint on a MacBook Air from 2008

JackGreenEarth , 2 months ago

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

public_image_ltd , 2 months ago

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 , 2 months ago

Why not mint there as well??

public_image_ltd , 2 months ago

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

Petter1 , 2 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 , 2 months ago

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 , 2 months ago

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

LucidNightmare , 2 months ago

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

EchoCranium , 2 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.

pHr34kY , 2 months ago

Yes, but it already had Linux on it.

cmnybo , 2 months ago

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

DriftinGrifter , 2 months ago

A fellow BSD fan =D

umbrella , 2 months ago

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

AngusTheNerd , 2 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 , 2 months ago

I install Linux.

Underwaterbob , 2 months ago

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

KrapKake , 2 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?”.

FuglyDuck , 2 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…

Petter1 , 2 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 😄