@silly | wasteof.money 4

i have an older laptop i tried installing mint on but it’s a bit iffy. anyone have any ideas what i could use it for? (1 TB hard drive, 4 GB ram and a 7th gen core i3)

Jul 25, 2023, 4:57 PM

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@elsie Jul 26, 2023, 7:53 PM

Install Gentoo on it

@8bit Jul 25, 2023, 10:47 PM

see if it can run minecraft first, then we’ll talk /j

jokes aside, the only ideai have is to use it as a server

@oren Jul 25, 2023, 5:46 PM

dang, what year is it from?

@silly Jul 25, 2023, 5:52 PM

well 7th gen launched in 2017 which sounds about right

@oren Jul 25, 2023, 5:59 PM

dang why does it have 4gb of ram

@silly Jul 25, 2023, 6:08 PM

looks to be this laptop (idk why it says notebook, everywhere else it says laptop)

https://support.hp.com/gb-en/document/c06043460

@oren Jul 25, 2023, 6:34 PM

@toaks Jul 25, 2023, 5:15 PM

This is pretty iffy. I also have an old computer that I don't use and the only thought I have had with it is to use it as a server (ie, Minecraft LAN world running on it).

@silly Jul 25, 2023, 5:17 PM

hmm, good idea

@toaks Jul 25, 2023, 5:23 PM

Remember doing that would require good internet and constant electricity to the computer