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I still use my Samsung n130, though I went with Alpine after Arch dropped support for 32 bit (there were a few pain points with Arch 32 in the early days, I tri
by MayeulC 3mo ago
I still use my Samsung n130, though I went with Alpine after Arch dropped support for 32 bit (there were a few pain points with Arch 32 in the early days, I tried guix but it was too slow and guix uses a lot of RAM during updates).
It works decently, is sufficient for ssh-ing into other hosts. Though web browsing is a pain. I used to mostly use Dillo and elinks, MPV+yt-dlp for videos.
Unfortunately I left it sit for a bit too long and the battery is dead now. I'm thinking of fixing it and upgrading the power port to USB-C.
Sometimes I also think about building a compute module-based motherboard for it.
There were interesting bits in the setup (blacklisting defective RAM addresses for instance), maybe I should make a short writeup :)
- SuspectTurtle 3mo agoI am very attached to my n130 and still use it daily. I'm still running Debian 12 because they dropped 32bit support for 13. Coupled with i3 window manager and i get by with it. If you do attempt a USB-C mod let me know how it goes! It's something I've also considered.
- MayeulC 3mo agoSure! I ordered the necessary part years ago, but didn't get around to do it yet. Having someone else interested may finally motivate me. Please leave some contact info on your HN profile (or use mine), so that I can let you know.
- SuspectTurtle 2mo agoI actually created an account just to reply to your comment because I was so excited to see another N130 user. I'll be sure to fill out my profile at some point