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Do you install linux on old laptops?(lemmy.world)

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HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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”I can fix him."

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

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MonkderDritte@feddit.de
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Define “old”.

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Waffelson@lemmy.worldOP
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laptops with 32x processor or bios instead of uefi

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MonkderDritte@feddit.de
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Then, no. Mine is from 2017.

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Petter1@lemm.ee
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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.

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ipsirc@lemmy.ml
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It can’t run the latest FarCry smoothly.

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ManniSturgis@lemmy.zip
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If by “latest” you mean any of them, then yes.

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rem26_art@fedia.io
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i’ll put linux on every laptop i can get my grubby little hands on

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silly goose meekah@lemmy.world
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heh, GRUB

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rem26_art@fedia.io
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honestly, I wasn’t even thinking about GRUB when I sad that, but lmao it works so well

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silly goose meekah@lemmy.world
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Unintended puns are the best

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Twig@sopuli.xyz
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LILO it works so well

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public_image_ltd@lemmy.world
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I am running Mint on a MacBook Air from 2008

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

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public_image_ltd@lemmy.world
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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.

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Petter1@lemm.ee
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Why not mint there as well??

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LucidNightmare@lemmy.world
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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.

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public_image_ltd@lemmy.world
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Does it still run with a HD? Upgrading to SSD really accelerated mine.

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LucidNightmare@lemmy.world
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I had also replaced the HDD with an SSD. :(

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