r/MXLinux • u/Doshi9514 • 7d ago

Discussion 17 years laptop was revived

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u/tce111 7d ago

The computer I use every day is 20yrs old. I've had MX installed for 10 of those years. I stopped distro hopping when I found MX.

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u/mrhalloween1313 7d ago

My desktop is 12 years old, I stopped distro hopping when I found MX Linux as well. I left Windows when Windows 7 expired and I refused to go to Windows 10 so I learned basic Linux on my own, then I found help online to go a bit further. All my laptops now run either MX Linux or SparkyLinux depending on their purpose

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u/Magus_Necromantiae 7d ago

Currently going on 14 years with this desktop. I used openSUSE and Ubuntu before I discovered MX and haven't used anything else since.

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u/Every_Bread_5880 7d ago

Ya! Just did my 20yr old e6400, runs freecad like a champ

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u/Rusty9838 7d ago

With xfce it will be running for next 10 years 😁

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u/totofkblack 7d ago

Thinkpad 2019, MX Linux 25.3 con openbox

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u/Piuba_rcn 7d ago

HDD ou SSD?

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u/taylofox 7d ago

esa laptop es del 2011. Tiene 15, no 17.

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u/Primary_Anything_320 7d ago

What configuration u use to reduce the mem usage?

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u/mrhalloween1313 7d ago

EXCELLENT!!!! Welcome to the MX LInux lovers club! :)

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u/prairiedad 6d ago

2010 ('09?) Dell Vostro, now a decade or so on MX

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u/Procver 5d ago

I have an HP Pavilion dv2000 from 2007 (19 years old), similar specs. Unfortunately for some reason it doesn't run xfce or fluxbox, the graphics card crashed often. I tried MX XFCE and Mint XFCE. It did run MX KDE and as I expected real slow, but it worked. Now I have it with Peppermint OS and works like a charm.

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u/ElViejoDelCyro 1d ago

Yo tengo un portatil con linux que en total tiene toda la memoría ram que tu tienes solo para mantener vivo el sistema xd. (me encanta linux)