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Always fun to see old hardware running modern distributiins (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 months ago by Yoddel_Hickory@piefed.ca to c/unixporn@lemmy.ml
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I was wiping this old laptop to sell or give it away. Couldn't resist putting Fedora Silverblue on it to try it out. It's very slow but I was able to check my e-mails in the browser, big win.

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[-] WorkingPie@feddit.online 1 points 3 months ago

Looks great! How does Fedora Silverblue do with hardware with such low specs? Been trying to find a good replacement OS for a machine around that age and was considering going with FSB but was worried it would be too heavy on the system.

[-] Yoddel_Hickory@piefed.ca 1 points 3 months ago

For actually using the machine I would go with another Fedora Atomic distribution, such as Sway, or the XFCE or LXQt Fedora Desktops.

Appart from being a bit slow because of full fat Gnome it was very nice and usable.

[-] WorkingPie@feddit.online 1 points 3 months ago

Thanks for the recommendation! Definitely going to have to give the XFCE or LXQt atomic desktops a try!

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