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Installing Linux on old laptops can be a real challenge sometimes. I've done it with 10+ old computers and driver inconsistencies can be a huge time sink.
by adammunich 6y ago
Installing Linux on old laptops can be a real challenge sometimes. I've done it with 10+ old computers and driver inconsistencies can be a huge time sink.
- monksy 6y agoI'm not sure how old of a machine you're talking about it feels like to me that the older the machine is, the more likely the driver issues have been sorted.
- omgwtfbyobbq 6y agoThat's been my experience as well. The only exception was a K6-2 that I had to use march=k6-2 with.
- monksy 6y agoOh wow that's a really old machine.
- omgwtfbyobbq 6y agoYeah. It took I think a couple days to compile the base system, and several more days compiling desktop stuff and utilities. It was usable though, albeit very slow.
- mjevans 6y agoBy this point, anything still worth using is either 'sorted', or such trash that nothing else will be fun on it either. The really old stuff, if it still runs, that might be hell. You wouldn't want someone to do video-calls on it anyway.
- itsoktocry 6y ago>By this point, anything still worth using is either 'sorted', or such trash that nothing else will be fun on it either. I've been installing various distro flavours on old laptops for a long time, and the experience only gets better. Personally, I can't remember the last time I had to struggle with a driver. I think the Dell I've got is from 2008, running Mint without issue. There are so many old/used computers out there that are capable of doing everything the average person needs, the people just don't know it. I had an acquaintance buy a $2500 computer to take some community college programming courses, because he thought you need a powerful computer to "run programs". Meanwhile, I'm over here earning a living on a t450s I bought for $300.