Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: News : ARM Trying to Buy AmperComputing Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 10:36:08 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: References: <_hycnQxlN5kAphr6nZ2dnZfqn_SdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <36bf96a5-527c-1d8b-a93b-6788cdd589a2@example.net> <1PKcna3Yf6vdFhX6nZ2dnZfqnPidnZ2d@earthlink.com> <7b19252d-bfe8-9d48-0cd2-eb33e4a64179@example.net> <67897bb3@news.ausics.net> <678acf95@news.ausics.net> <46d7222e-9c04-9210-9d75-a397561f7078@example.net> <8f8b7762-d553-0429-c679-5d4a82b7e7c6@example.net> <29c4efba-398f-3160-186f-d0f1949934d9@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="264786"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:64627 On Sun, 19 Jan 2025, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote: > On 1/19/25 5:08 PM, D wrote: >> >> >> On Sun, 19 Jan 2025, rbowman wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 19 Jan 2025 11:42:25 +0100, D wrote: >>> >>>> I remember the Eee PC. It was very cute! People always asked me how I >>>> could stand working on a 11.6" laptop (Macbook air), but I kind of got >>>> used to it. >>> >>> I wanted something I could throw into a motorcycle saddlebag and not worry >>> about so I snapped one up when they came out. I sidelined it when it >>> couldn't handle WSA2. Last year I put Q4OS on it. >>> >>> https://q4os.org/ >>> >>> It took a couple of tries when I got too greedy with what I selected for >>> the install. Trinity worked. The original Xandros distro is discontinued. >> >> I love the fact that old computers are still perfectly usable today! Sadly >> the batteries on my (or now, my fathers) two macbook airs are too bad for >> me to use them for business. >> >> One of them now serves as an audio player with some kind of USB amplifier >> thing my father bought in a hifi-store so it can drive his speakers. Works >> great! > > > An "old/weak" WINDOWS laptop becomes a perfectly good > LINUX laptop. So, don't be in a huge hurry to put yer > old tech into the bin. It can live on. All of them run linux. I wouldn't touch a windows laptop with a 10 ft pole + rubber gloves! ;) > Mac ... um ... you're probably stuck with their OS - but > even then they can be relegated to 2nd-tier services. Runs linux. No problem there! =) > Batteries ... check around. It's surprising how many odd > laptop batts you can find. Had to replace one in an old > laptop recently and the name-brand batt was on Amazon at > a good price. This is good advice!