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Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old?? 2008? MacBook Pro?

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From Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
Subject Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old?? 2008? MacBook Pro?
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Date 2022-06-22 16:23 +0000

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On 2022-06-22, 25.BX945 <25BZ495@nada.net> wrote:

> On 6/21/22 6:11 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>
>> On 21/06/2022 05:48, 25.BX945 wrote:
>>
>>> I have old hardware - from Core2-Quads to Atoms to an
>>>    rPi-1-b (non+) and even a Core2-Duo - that, with Linux,
>>>    are still serving useful purposes. Why throw away what
>>>    WORKS ? Linux/BSD will let you stretch-out the lifetime
>>>    of that hardware. Hell, with an old Atom or C2-duo you
>>>    can run something like IPFire and have a wonderful
>>>    fully-empowered router/firewall vastly better than
>>>    any black box from WalMart. A C2-Duo is even strong
>>>    enough to run something like Kerio mail-server for
>>>    50+ biz users.
>> 
>> We used to relegate our oldest hardware to running dns servers back in 
>> the day, and once linux came along 386 Sxs ex desktop were repurposed 
>> accordingly lacing any x windows malarkey, they ran well enough on a
>> couple of * MB * of RAM..
>
>    Yep, Linux/BSD *can* work wonders ... within REASON
>    of course. There ARE useful roles for 'obsolete'
>    hardware. Why pay again ?

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What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2022-06-15 13:42 -0500
  Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? John McCue <jmccue@fuzzball.mhome.org> - 2022-06-15 20:23 +0000
  Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2022-06-15 23:16 +0000
    Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old? 2008 MacBook Pro? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2022-06-15 18:48 -0500
      Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old? 2008 MacBook Pro? Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2022-06-16 02:52 +0000
        Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old? 2008 MacBook Pro? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-06-16 16:29 -0400
          Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old? 2008 MacBook Pro? not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2022-06-17 08:17 +1000
          Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old? 2008 MacBook Pro? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2022-06-16 18:01 -0500
          Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old? 2008 MacBook Pro? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-06-17 11:03 +0100
            Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old? 2008 MacBook Pro? Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2022-06-17 21:58 +1000
              Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old? 2008 MacBook Pro? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-06-17 16:32 +0100
              Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old? 2008 MacBook Pro? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-06-17 16:33 +0100
                Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old? 2008 MacBook Pro? not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2022-06-18 10:28 +1000
            Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old? 2008 MacBook Pro? Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2022-06-17 17:35 +0000
            Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old? 2008 MacBook Pro? Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2022-06-17 20:27 +0000
    Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2022-06-15 20:13 -0400
      Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2022-06-16 02:56 +0000
        Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> - 2022-06-18 19:49 +0000
  Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-06-16 12:19 +0100
    Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2022-06-16 16:36 -0400
      Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-06-17 10:59 +0100
        Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? "25.BX945" <25BZ495@nada.net> - 2022-06-18 20:09 -0400
  Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? "25.BX945" <25BZ495@nada.net> - 2022-06-16 22:31 -0400
  Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? Piergiorgio Sartor <piergiorgio.sartor.this.should.not.be.used@nexgo.REMOVETHIS.de> - 2022-06-18 22:44 +0200
    Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008? MacBook Pro? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2022-06-18 19:33 -0500
      Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008? MacBook Pro? Piergiorgio Sartor <piergiorgio.sartor.this.should.not.be.used@nexgo.REMOVETHIS.de> - 2022-06-19 12:25 +0200
        Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old? 2008? MacBook Pro? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2022-06-19 06:31 -0500
          Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old? 2008? MacBook Pro? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-06-19 13:49 +0100
            Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old?? 2008? MacBook Pro? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2022-06-19 09:25 -0500
              Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old?? 2008? MacBook Pro? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-06-19 17:37 +0100
              Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old?? 2008? MacBook Pro? "25.BX945" <25BZ495@nada.net> - 2022-06-21 00:48 -0400
                Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old?? 2008? MacBook Pro? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2022-06-21 11:11 +0100
                Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old?? 2008? MacBook Pro? "25.BX945" <25BZ495@nada.net> - 2022-06-22 00:48 -0400
                Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old?? 2008? MacBook Pro? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2022-06-22 16:23 +0000
                Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old?? 2008? MacBook Pro? "25.BX946" <25BZ496@nada.net> - 2022-06-23 01:22 -0400
        Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008? MacBook Pro? "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2022-06-19 09:36 -0400
  Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2022-06-25 23:59 -0500
    Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? "25.BZ959" <25BZ959@nada.net> - 2022-06-26 01:31 -0400
      Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2022-06-26 01:42 -0500
        Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? "25.BZ959" <25BZ959@nada.net> - 2022-06-26 23:34 -0400
  Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2022-06-27 14:13 -0500
    Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2022-06-27 14:15 -0500
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      Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2022-06-27 18:02 -0500
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