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Older computers - are you using them?

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Starborn
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Re: Older computers - are you using them?

#31 Post by Starborn »

Just registered here and dediced to throw in my two (euro)cents.

I am running "jessie" - for about a month now - on my old, 2 GHz dual-core Pentium with 2 GB RAM, and it runs fine (although Gnome 3 is an itsy bitsy teenie weenie bit slow, therefore I mostly use LXDE, or Fluxbox when I'm in the mood). This machine is about 8 years old, which can be considered "old" too in PC-land. I plan to upgrade it with another CPU and a Geforce I have lying around somewhere.

A long, long time ago (and in the same galaxy that we are all in), I once installed Xubuntu on a Compaq Armada laptop with a 500 MHz PIII and 512 MB RAM, with IceWM as window manager, which ran smoother than xfce, as was my experience. I got that laptop from a colleague at work and could keep it for free, if I could get it to work (it only needed a new HD). Xubuntu/IceWM worked fine (relatively speaking).

I have always tried to keep my computers for as long as possible. They all develop their own personality (or maybe I just imagine that), and I even give them a name (lame!). With a little luck, Conroe will hold on for a couple of more years.
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Re: Older computers - are you using them?

#32 Post by mardybear »

Welcome starchild.

Great old hardware story. You mean anthropomorphism?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropomorphism

I only came about this information because my system, named Grumpy, looked it up on the internet and whispered the answer into my ear :)
800mhz, 512mb ram, dCore-jessie (Tiny Core with Debian Jessie packages) with BusyBox and Fluxbox.
Most don't have computer access, reuse or pay forward an old computer.

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Re: Older computers - are you using them?

#33 Post by Starborn »

Hello and thank you, mardibear.

Yes: anthropomorphism indeed! :)

I name my computers with a "name" that is derived from their hardware parts, such as there being my "Cougar" and my "Puma" (with appropriate wallpaper, of course) for my two Core-i5 based desktop computers (for which Intel used the codename "Sandy Bridge", which I read is also being called "Cougar Point"), and "Conroe" because it was Intel's codename of the Pentium dual core (and Core 2 Duo).
I kinda like such codenames.

Well, I do need a way to be able to distinguish among my three PC's :D (Four computers, if I count my el cheapo laptop along; or 5 if I include my now ancient PowerPC-based iMac G5 along; or 6 if I count along that old HP "dc5100" SFF computer that I have, or 7 if - never mind :P )
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