gregorum@lemm.ee to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 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-square55fedilinkarrow-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 · 4 months agomessage-square55fedilinkfile-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-squarenossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoA little trick you can do if your friend experiences too much memory limitations when browsing the web is to use the 32 bit version of firefox. I use it in a machine with only 2gb, and it helped a lot.
minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoInteresting. I’ll consider that.
A little trick you can do if your friend experiences too much memory limitations when browsing the web is to use the 32 bit version of firefox. I use it in a machine with only 2gb, and it helped a lot.
Interesting. I’ll consider that.