nixCraft 🐧Jul 13, 2025
Never obsolete? That is a bold statement computer, from the 2000s. 🫣
Show threadZalasur 🐸🇺🇦

@nixCraft Just slap Linux on that bad boy; I'm sure it will run just fine 😅

(this is partly a joke because I've had some harrowing experiences even getting Linux to run on older hardware)

Jul 13, 2025 at 2:05pmWeb
Show threadUsagiJul 13, 2025
@zalasur @nixCraft With 64MB memory maybe openwrt. And the performance per watt ratio is really bad ​​
Show threadZalasur 🐸🇺🇦Jul 13, 2025

@usagi @nixCraft One thing worth looking into is seeing if the case is reusable. Get a new motherboard, some fans, a CPU and new peripherals. Air flow might be an issue, and if it was built to proprietary specs new mb's might not even fit in there, but who knows?

New computers do not come with optical disk bays anymore which is a shame.

Show threadUsagiJul 13, 2025
@zalasur @nixCraft If you want an optical bay you can get a new computer with one ​​
Show threadZalasur 🐸🇺🇦Jul 13, 2025
@usagi @nixCraft You have to go out of your way to find one. Most don't have them anymore.
Show threadAlex KeaneJul 13, 2025
@zalasur @usagi @nixCraft Went looking for some DVDs or BluRays to get some Ghibli to show my daughter, and learned that Best Buy where I am has gotten rid of all the physical media, just wide open space where the racks used to be with the 5 tables of laptops for sale spread out to try to fill some of it
Show threadCyJul 13, 2025
Optical disk bays? That baby comes with a floppy disk bay!

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