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I found it interesting...

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter13-Mar-23 23:02

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

13-Mar-23 23:02

Just dug up an old laptop - Lenovo T510i... It is from 2011 and the only modification is maxing out the memory.
Still had the original Win7 pro on it with Office 2013 and was practically useless even for student use...
I wiped it clean and installed Mint with LibreOffice and now it is a pretty usable computer that probably has an other decade in it...

I just realized how easily we throw out old computers instead of throwing out the software...

"If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization." ― Gerald Weinberg

Re: I found it interesting...

RickZeeland13-Mar-23 23:17

RickZeeland

13-Mar-23 23:17

I have an old Asus laptop with Windows 10 that I try to keep up to date, but when not used on a daily basis it's practically useless because of the constant updates (Windows, Edge/Chrome browser etc).
Sigh | :sigh:

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Single Step Debugger14-Mar-23 3:34

Single Step Debugger

14-Mar-23 3:34

Windows updates really grinds my gears! Security updates - sure, but all the additional crap is overwhelming and should be optional. Currently you can only postpone/pause this nonsense for a couple of weeks.

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Re: I found it interesting...

den2k8813-Mar-23 23:53

den2k88

13-Mar-23 23:53

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote:
Mint with LibreOffice and now it is a pretty usable

For basically nothing.

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Re: I found it interesting...

rnbergren14-Mar-23 3:25

rnbergren

14-Mar-23 3:25

I beg to differ. There is nothing on a well configured linux box that I cannot do.
Office work. Libre works actually better the MSOffice.
Browsers - Chrome, Brave, Firefox and yes even Edge all have a version that work just fine.
RDP - Remmina is a fantastic RDP client for getting on any of the servers I need to get into.
VPN - Well Openconnect from command line works just wonderfully
Coding - vscode works, notepad++ works and lots of other clients. I am happy.
I have yet to encounter even one app that either doesn't work or that doesn't have a just as good one in Linux.

And the kicker is I feel alot safer in Linux because I set it up and I run the updates when I want to run the updates.

To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer

Re: I found it interesting...

raddevus14-Mar-23 8:50

raddevus

14-Mar-23 8:50

I agree with you 100%.

I run Ubuntu 22.04 as my WFH desktop computer.
I use Remmina and it is fantastic and so much better than the RDP client for Windows.
I connect to multiple work Win10 & Server 2022 desktops.

Why is Remmina so much better?
Because Remmina has a tabbed UI which allows connection to multiple remote desktops all while allow just a quick tab-switch to any other box.

I cannot actually believe that Win10 RDP does not do this. I have to open multiple windows and there's actually another thing too.

Win10 RDP client does not fully capture the keyboard unless the RDP client is fullscreened.
That means you cannot do extended key calls like ALT-TAB to iterate over open applications unless the Windows RDP client is full-screened.

In remmina, I can send that command to any of the remote desktops and the Remmina screen does not have to be full-screened.

Re: I found it interesting...

MarkTJohnson14-Mar-23 9:20

MarkTJohnson

14-Mar-23 9:20

raddevus wrote:
I cannot actually believe that Win10 RDP does not do this. I have to open multiple windows and there's actually another thing too.

Well, the operating system isn't called Tabs now is it?

I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.

Re: I found it interesting...

raddevus14-Mar-23 9:39

raddevus

14-Mar-23 9:39

Do you remember when Internet Explorer only supported one web page -- didn't have tabs?

At the time, it was so annoying that Bill Gates had his devs make him a special version that supported tabs.

It wasn't until IE 7 that there were tabs (IE7 gets tabs but does it matter? | ZDNET[^])

Yes, I agree, Microsoft does not know how to UI. Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

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Rage14-Mar-23 0:10

Rage

14-Mar-23 0:10

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote:
installed LibreOffice

Ooh, poor laptop. What did it do for you to revenge like that ?

Do not escape reality : improve reality !

Re: I found it interesting...

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter14-Mar-23 0:16

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

14-Mar-23 0:16

It let Microsoft Office use it... Laugh | :laugh:

"If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization." ― Gerald Weinberg

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glennPattonWork314-Mar-23 1:57

glennPattonWork3

14-Mar-23 1:57

Win 7 Pro, I would use that over Win11...

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fgs196314-Mar-23 2:28

fgs1963

14-Mar-23 2:28

I recently installed Mint 21.1 on an older NUC. Works and looks great!

Re: I found it interesting...

raddevus14-Mar-23 3:14

raddevus

14-Mar-23 3:14

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote:
wiped it clean and installed Mint with LibreOffice and now it is a pretty usable computer

I've done the same (except installed Lubuntu) with an old 2010 lappie.
It's amazing how OS devs can actually make choices to get streamlined system if they want to (and aren't held back by having to support everything for everyone in every possible case).

Linux FTW!!!

Re: I found it interesting...

rnbergren14-Mar-23 3:21

rnbergren

14-Mar-23 3:21

soooo very true. I have an old lenovo S10-3t that I run a version of Debian on. It works wonderfully.

To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer

CCC 14-03-2023

pkfox13-Mar-23 22:31

pkfox

13-Mar-23 22:31

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Re: CCC 14-03-2023

FreedMalloc13-Mar-23 22:34

FreedMalloc

13-Mar-23 22:34

Picks

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pkfox13-Mar-23 22:36

pkfox

13-Mar-23 22:36

Yay ! YAUT

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modified 14-Mar-23 4:43am.

Wordle 633 4/6

Shane010313-Mar-23 18:07

Shane0103

13-Mar-23 18:07

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OriginalGriff13-Mar-23 20:11

OriginalGriff

13-Mar-23 20:11

Wordle 633 4/6*

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Amarnath S13-Mar-23 20:48

Amarnath S

13-Mar-23 20:48

Wordle 633 5/6

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den2k8813-Mar-23 22:27

den2k88

13-Mar-23 22:27

Wordle 633 4/6

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Damn I could have gotten it in two Mad | :mad:

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pkfox13-Mar-23 22:30

pkfox

13-Mar-23 22:30

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Sander Rossel13-Mar-23 22:50

Sander Rossel

13-Mar-23 22:50