12 Feb
2022
12 Feb
'22
11:12 p.m.
D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
... Other than that, the machine is functional.
I have an even older notebook with a 32-bit Atom processor. It used to be useful, but after upgrading to the latest (Debian Bullseye) Firefox barely starts and is glacial enough to be totally unusable. Older Firefox did run reasonably on that hardware, but software keeps assuming better hardware as it grows. There may be roles like serial console or network debugger for a box like that. Or stick with an older Linux contemporary to the hardware; sometimes bits of old software need an older libc or such and it can be handy to have a retro-system in reach. -- Anthony de Boer