On Sat, 16 Jun 2018 03:29:42 -0700
trent shipley <
trent.shipley@gmail.com> 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
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