@Unixbigot makes sense.

@monkey well, I do have the same issue.

I'm working on @OS1337 for that reason.

As for #Browsing, @ActionRetro made #FrogFind

#FrugalComputing #Netbooks #ModernRetroComputing #Reuse #UseLonger #OS1337

Kevin Karhan :verified: (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Thanks to a donation by @[email protected], I've been able to test @OS1337 on a real #EeePC701-4G and so far this seems to have only some minor hiccups. - OFC I've first ran into the #137GB barrier with the #BIOS when booting my regular #Vendoy drive but then again at the time the #EeePC was released, 240GB SSDs were unobtanium and would've costed propably more than a dozen 701-4G's retail...

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@agatha no, but #UseLonger is cheaper!
@lucydev @libreleah also it's decent hardware, and #UseLonger is always better than #BuyNew for the envoirment!

@GeoffWozniak @cyberpunklibrarian And that "#ThrowawayCulture" really disgusts me personally, because it's going completely against my grain.

The problem is that #AntiRepairDesign like that spearheaded by #Apple is being allowed to exist, when it has no legitimate reason to exist!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYG4VMqatEY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qbrLiGY4Cg

The design of Apple's soldered in SSDs is worse than I thought!

👉 https://linustechtips.com/topic/1521523-%E2%80%9Cstarting-at%E2%80%9D-is-the-biggest-lie-in-tech/page/2/#comment-16048101👉 https://beetstech.com/blog/pre...

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@holly you doing #Reuse / #UseLonger / #Upcycle saves the envoirment far more than any #BEV could...
@darkuncle also we can both agree that #UseLonger is better for the envoirment and everyone's wallets...

@fedora Sadly, #Lenovo wronged me as a professional when they refused to support their "#UbuntuCertified" #ThinkPad #P15v's #WWAN module ( #Fibocom #850GL, based on #Intel's #XMM7360 baseband).

  • And that was a €3,5k+ professional device!

Add to that the discontinuation of any #wired - #USB "ThinkPad Compact Keyboard with #UltraNav" and the only reason I've not retired my #X230Tablet for a @frameworkcomputer / #Framework13 or god forbid some #DIY abomination is my belief in #UseLonger!

GitHub - KBtechnologies/nucbook: A modular & open design 13" Notebook that can be customized and upgraded to fit user's needs

A modular & open design 13" Notebook that can be customized and upgraded to fit user's needs - KBtechnologies/nucbook

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@mrmasterkeyboard np.

  • I thought the glare was excessive due to the lights, but then again I'm not gonna complain more about it. Noone expects you to have a fancy mattebox with turntable to make some professional product photo.

Also even if people don't have a donor to transplant a screen assembly from or don't feel comfortable fiddling with eDP cables they could just remove the screen and have a compact AiO Desktop.

  • If it has like a "full function" #USBc port with #PowerDelivery than this can result in a sleek desktop that also looks good and doesn't require much space. Ideal if the battery is busted and a replacement isn't worth it! I've seen those in like #RepairShops where they basically setup some #MacbookPro that way as a DFU machine to reflash / reinstall other #Macs.

I think it's a necessity that we as #TechLiterates propagate the need to #UseLonger and the #RightToRepair as essential, given that #tech inherently is expensive in terms of #resources and that avoiding #eWaste and #Upcycling is an act of #EnvoirmentalProtection.

  • Tho make shure to safely remove any "#DangerPillow|s" and handing it over to the relevant #recycling provider(s)...

If I had the necessary €€€€€ I'd literally start my own "#upcycling" #business, even employ some folks collecting all the #surplus'd #Windows10 machines and just cleaning, wiping, repasting, fixing and selling them as cheap #used #PC|s for those that kinda need something to do their casual "#office", #LightGaming and #MediaConsumption.

  • I mean people are surprised how zippy even old hardware can be with just few tweaks (more RAM, a fresh SSD, cleaning it of dust bunnies and repasting the cooler with some quality (longlife #ThermalPaste, like #ArcticMX4) "#ThermalGrease" (that costs like €1/g in a 20g syringe and a #RepairShop can easily go through one in a shift)...

@ProfessorCode merely "replacing Windows" is IMHO beneath it like using a 7,5t truck to buy weekly groceries for a single person household.

  • Except #Linux is better for the envoirment because it allows people and organizations to #UseLonger their equipment, saving the envoirment and money!