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Preventing e-waste by selling old desktops with Linux due to low system requirements (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by Gork@sopuli.xyz to c/linux@lemmy.world

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Sounds like a good way to make use of old eMachines, at a large discount too.

Finally, the year of the Linux Desktop! (eMachine edition)

Image of an old desktop with paper taped into it saying "Why Linux instead of Windows"

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[–] tfm@europe.pub 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Still a very inefficient OS

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[–] achance4cheese@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Oh totally! It took 5x longer to install than endeavorOS and Arch combined. It was really more of a test. I was just surprised that it ran at all on such low allocated resources given how inefficient it is! Especially since it wouldn’t pass the system requirements they allegedly require to upgrade from win10. I guess the point I’m driving home is, if you really HAVE to use windows, there are janky, hoop-jumping workarounds. It’s all getting wiped anyways. I’ll probably load LM or an Arch flavor for more fun tests later. It’ll end up as ewaste in a couple years anyway. The onboard vent fans are dying.