[GTALUG] I'm discarding an old notebook!

[Anthony de Boer]

D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
>  ...
> Other than that, the machine is functional.

I have an even older notebook with a 32-bit Atom processor. It used to be
useful, but after upgrading to the latest (Debian Bullseye) Firefox
barely starts and is glacial enough to be totally unusable.  Older
Firefox did run reasonably on that hardware, but software keeps assuming
better hardware as it grows.

There may be roles like serial console or network debugger for a box
like that.  Or stick with an older Linux contemporary to the hardware;
sometimes bits of old software need an older libc or such and it can be
handy to have a retro-system in reach.

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Anthony de Boer