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minus-squarenossaquesapaolinkfedilinkarrow-up39·7 months agoI feel personally attacked lol Running linux and foss software on my shitty hardware since ever
minus-squareBluefruit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·7 months agoRejoice brother as you are amoung friends.
minus-squareBolexForSoup@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoI have my wife’s old Lenovo x1 carbon. It’s probably eight years old or so now. What would you recommend I run on it? Thinking of just stripping it down and making it a little Plex server so I can get that off of my main computer
minus-squarenossaquesapaolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoWhat are the specs? Chances are that most distros will run fine.
minus-squareBolexForSoup@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoI need to pull it out but probably 256gb SSD and 8gb ram if I had to guess. Maybe an i5 of some gen
minus-squarenossaquesapaolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoYou can run your distro of choice just fine on that little beast :)
minus-squareRmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoFor server I’d stick with Debian
minus-squareBolexForSoup@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoServer is a generous description of Plex lol but noted.
I feel personally attacked lol
Running linux and foss software on my shitty hardware since ever
Rejoice brother as you are amoung friends.
Amoung us
This is the ideal way.
I have my wife’s old Lenovo x1 carbon. It’s probably eight years old or so now. What would you recommend I run on it? Thinking of just stripping it down and making it a little Plex server so I can get that off of my main computer
What are the specs? Chances are that most distros will run fine.
I need to pull it out but probably 256gb SSD and 8gb ram if I had to guess. Maybe an i5 of some gen
You can run your distro of choice just fine on that little beast :)
For server I’d stick with Debian
Server is a generous description of Plex lol but noted.