Whilst not strictly photography - I thought I'd share that I've just repurposed an old - gifted to me - AMD Aspire 15.6 " laptop PC. Athlon II X2 CPU, Radeon HD 4250 graphics, 8Gb RAM and 120Gb SSD.
Downloaded the latest #ArchLinux ISO, loaded image onto a usb-stick, installed manually (no script/s) with #XCFE desktop and I'm using now to type this note.
I very pleased with the performance of both machine and OS.
I'm hoping the experience will transfer into photographic post processing. 👍 😎
@itdm5j21 Great to see some older computer hardware not being tossed into a big e-waste pile with all the other machines. Reuse > recycle! 👏👏👏
@georgeharito Quite. That was exactly what the owner was going to do, because the laptop was old and slow! Truth is it is in near new condition and hadn't been used much at all. With #archlinux installed - that could be #Manjaro, #Slackware or pretty much any #opensource OS - it is proving a very workable and #LearningTool of a computer. 👍 😎