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ofc I imediatly upgraded it from winxp to gnu/linux

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[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 12 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Good boss. What are you using it as? I'm guessing some homelab setup but will be interesting to know

[–] bi_tux@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (5 children)

so far using it as cd player and file writer, would've used it as a dvd player, but the video playback is not that great

[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I left mine as XP, keep it around for a couple of ancient ham radio apps.

[–] fern@lemmy.autism.place 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

For all I know, new versions probably run fine in current OSs. But I don't own new versions. I could use open source stuff that has less features and less creature comforts, but then I also need to dedicate a newer laptop to the go box.

The whole point of that hobby is reliability and stability. Those old lenovos are tanks and I have spares for days.

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