• @[email protected]
    10•4 months ago

    I found a 2010 MacBook in a recycle bin. I happened to have a spare charger at home.

    I took it, installed Linux, and now I have 3 rescued laptops brought back to life with Linux.

    3 more and I’m going to start hosting LAN parties (WAN parties, I guess)

  • @[email protected]
    35•4 months ago

    I have only been a Linux user for one year and I already want to install it everywhere. The urge is real.

  • slazer2auEnglish
    15•4 months ago

    Followup memes anyone can steal.

    Top image: microcontroller
    Bottom image: dude saying “I could play doom on that”

  • pewpew
    8•4 months ago

    To me it’s like: “is this still running Windows?”

    • @[email protected]
      4•4 months ago

      Did you use that build that’s meant for Surfaces (the name is escaping me)? Or did you use a non-specialty OS and wrestle with the drivers?

      I’m curious because I have a 4 Pro and 6 Pro and I’ve been hearing mixed things about the touchscreen and the pen on Linux.

      • @[email protected]
        3•4 months ago

        I used Debian, there is a version for the Surface if you do some searching, after install you need to update the kernel for everything to work as it should. But it’s not that complicated, I just followed the guide that accompanied the update.

        As for the touch and pen. Both works fine for me. I did find a whiteboard software that recognized both sides as pen and eraser. Though I’ve been planning on trying to install one note and test that on the linux version. Just haven’t gotten around to it.

  • AutonomousEnglish
    2•4 months ago

    nearly any electronic device of any architecture: “I could install netbsd on that” 🤔

  • Luffy
    3•4 months ago

    So true. So, Yesterday I saw someone using their laptop, and there was like this Windows Lock screen. And I was like „WAIT why the fuck isnt a terminal there. And where is my waybar on the top? Are those really Windows floating there, what Kind of machorchist would spend a lifetime dragging around Windows in their Laptop monitor?”

  • @[email protected]
    2•4 months ago

    It doesnt even have to be a thinkpad, I am enjoying it on a Lenovo Chromebook :) Now if only I knew how to increase clock ram speed (device uses half speed because idk, CPU can support more, unsure about motherboard)

    • 𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆English
      2•4 months ago

      I’ve literally never owned a Thinkpad lmao I’ve installed Linux on:

      • HP Pavilion DV5-2077CL (Ubuntu 12.10)
      • Toshiba Protege Z835-P330 (Ubuntu 16+)
      • Acer Aspire V3-372T (Debian 12)

      As for desktop machines, I have essentially the same computer I had in 2014. A 4790K on a Gigabyte Z97 board. The only hardware issues I ever ran into were a Netgear WiFi adapter (I got it to work, but I’m on Ethernet again because it’s better) and my RTX 4070 that replaced my R9 290.