Posts by Ohooligan

Facebook may soon reveal new name – we're sure Reg readers will be more creative than Zuck's marketroids

Re: Off the top of my head

Service for

Promoting &

Exploiting

Conflict

Terrorism

Revenge &

Extortion

CutefishOS: Unix-y development model? Check. macOS aesthetic? Check (if you like that sort of thing)

I use Linux to rejuvenate old laptops

When a WIndows laptop gets too slow, or when it won't meet spec for an upgrade, I revive it by installing Linux. Not as dual-boot or anything, a simple direct install that wipes the entire disk, and it's at once responsive and usable again. I've tried a few distros and settled (for now) on Ubuntu 16.04 Server, plus Mate as a desktop. (If you only know Windows, you might be surprised to learn that the OS and the Desktop are distinct things).

The result is a laptop that's as good as a ChromeBook for the usual web stuff - shopping, browsing, YouTube, email - and office stuff (using LibreOffice). Printing hasn't been an issue, and the older hardware is generally already supported, so no issues with drivers. I've done this with 4 or 5 of them to date.

I recently needed Windows (briefly, for a work issue), and installed Windows 10 on one of these old laptops, and was dismayed to be reminded how much Windows slowed it down. It felt like driving with the handbrake on. I can hardly wait to re-rejuvenate it.