gregorum@lemm.ee to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agoI just finished setting up Linux Mint for an old buddy of mine on his old dog of a laptop, rendering it useful once again!i.imgur.comimagemessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageI just finished setting up Linux Mint for an old buddy of mine on his old dog of a laptop, rendering it useful once again!i.imgur.comgregorum@lemm.ee to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square54fedilinkfile-text
My buddy’s old laptop was useless running Windows 7. I wiped it, put on Linux Mint (MATE), and it’s humming along just fine.
minus-squareAggressivelyPassive@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoIf hardware/budget allow it, you might want to throw in a cheap SSD and some more RAM. Something like 50€ could greatly improve usability.
minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-26 months agoFor 50[currencyunits], he could buy a new laptop that’s less that half the age of this one, lmao
minus-squarenossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoWhere are you from? Even used pcs around here are somewhat expensive
minus-squaremichael_palmer@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoI can find 120 GB used SSD for 5€)
If hardware/budget allow it, you might want to throw in a cheap SSD and some more RAM. Something like 50€ could greatly improve usability.
For 50[currencyunits], he could buy a new laptop that’s less that half the age of this one, lmao
Where are you from? Even used pcs around here are somewhat expensive
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I can find 120 GB used SSD for 5€)