Grant_M

Damned right we are!

Got my upvote for the heck of it

Mint BTW

Bodhi! Another I’ve found to be lean is Zorin Lite

On Mint everything updates automatically for me, Flatpaks and all.

I’ve never met a Thinkpad that didn’t like Linux :)

Giving into this billionaire blackmail won’t help. We have to come together and crush google.

www.getfirefox.com

The first thing is to get a total of 4 GB ram (looks like the max for this cpu) into it and an ssd. These are both very cheap atm. See if there’s a video available for your particular model on the internet about getting into the case for the upgrade. Install a lightweight Linux distro. I have a similar 11 year old laptop and it’s working nicely for browsing/video play etc. with Zorin Lite. Good luck!

We did it!

If you don’t mind used, RX 460/560 will do what you need and don’t require any power from a PSU. There are loads of them on Ebay for well under 100. Now that I’m looking, the RX 570s are well below 100 now as well. Good time to get an ultra budget Linux gaming machine built. But those require an 8 pin PSU lead, I believe.

Cool! I might give this a shot just for a hobby/challenge and to learn. I’ve never dabbled in this kind of thing before.

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Hi. You made it!

Thank you! ❤️

Without good folks like Dan doing loads of work in the Fediverse, we don’t have anything. The people issuing death threats and the like to Dan and others should be banished.

Inkscape for me :)