[ShadowAce]

I'm gonna be out of the house for a few hours today--just so you know I'm not ignoring anyone :)

[woweeitsme]

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[Pollard]

Correct link to Free & Open Source Software; https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-software/

[Codeflier]

Always fun

[beancounter13]

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[ThunderSleeps]

Linux runs great on hardware regardless of its age. Hundreds of millions of people rely on PCs that are several years old or even older.

I can attest to that. One of my systems I'm running Manjaro (KDE) on is a Sony Vaio PCG-61A12L (circa 2012) with an ancient i5 processor and 6 GB of memory. Manjaro isn't even considered a lightweight distro.

I don't use it every day but I could for routine stuff like email and web browsing. The HDD is nearing end of life. Even after it eventually goes I'll still be able to boot Linux from a thumb drive and use the laptop once in a while - mostly I just use it when I want to ssh into another machine but don't want to be at my desk.

[Eagles6]

Bttt

[Openurmind]

Thank you. :)

[kanawa]

Give me a poke if you'd like to be added to the Ping List.

[Openurmind]

The older machine capability is incredible. It can revive a machine that windows would consider a dinosaur. Don’t throw out those old machines... Load them with linux and make them like new again. I installed Linux Mint 18.3 and the full cinnamon package on a 2002 emachine with only 2 gigs of ram and it worked like a brand new up to date machine. Slow on graphics but it actually worked just fine for browsing and such.

[June2]

Bkmk for tech stuff

[Gnome1949]

I recently installed Linux Mint 20 with Cinnamon. I had never used Linux before.

Right now, I am using the software in a Lenovo ThinkCentre box with a 500 GB Samsung solid state hard drive. The processor is an Intel Core2 Duo.

This system is so fast, it’s hard to believe its immediate response.

My PC is connected to a DSL ethernet cable.

The open source apps for Linux used for various purposes are superior to Windows 10 choices.

Linux Mint needs NO ANTIVIRUS.

Older computers like mine can become hot rods with the installation of Linux.

[aquila48]

Is there a “best” distro for non-geeky general use?

Mint, kubuntu, others?

[bobbo666]

And, don’t back off because you have a Windows-only program that you must run. I’ve linux Mint on a couple of PC’s in a dual-boot scenario. For those M$ progs I can run them on a virtual box on top of the linux operating system. Easy peasy. First, install a linux flavor on your old machine. Then install a virtual system on top of linux. Then, install any version of M$ within the virtual box — the virtual box will “translate” any M$ commands so that there are no conflicts with your base hardware no matter how out of date it might be. Run your M$-only programs from within the M$ system.
I would not go on the WWW from the virtual box, save that for the M$-only programs. Instead, visit the WWW from the linux system — it is practically virus and malware proof even without protective software.

[StAnDeliver]

I install a new flavor on Linux on my Linux box at least once a year to see what’s up. Zorin was kind of fun. Although it’s Irish, so the box needs 10 beers a day...

[SuperLuminal]

Bump for later...

[tbw2]

How do you think the new Linux Code of Conduct will affect coding? Has anyone walked away with their code, making it harder for the kernel and OS to work?

[minnesota_bound]

Here are the different flavors of 'Linus'...

[TianaHighrider]

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