On Sat, 16 Jun 2018 03:29:42 -0700 trent shipley wrote: > 4. Sometimes it can be reasonable, and even cost effective, to buy > cheap hardware and treat it as disposable. That works if he/she's using fairly lightweight apps, and if he/she is diligent about backup, because I'm pretty sure a $200 will break before its scheduled replacement time. About lightweight apps: Using Openbox with Suckless Tools' dmenu to run applications, and something like xxxterm/xombrero, qupzilla, or surf instead of Chromium or Firefox goes a long way to making a 2006 laptop with 2GB RAM work well. I know, one of my laptops is a 2006 2GB box, and it's pretty snappy. To add to what Trent says, one advantage of really old hardware is it's guaranteed not to have that evil UEFI/secureboot, and its hardware quirks will have long ago been solved by Linux driver programmers. Just back up early and often. SteveT Steve Litt June 2018 featured book: Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting http://www.troubleshooters.com/28 --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss