Since I have found that installing #linux has become easier and easier the last few years, I decided to conduct an experiment. I gave my 10 year old daughter a usb stick and had her install it on a Dell laptop from 2011.
I recorded the whole thing (recorded her on my phone while a capture card recorded her screen). And for the most part, it went well. There was an issue about the correct time zone - which I believe is either due to the collapse of the US educational system or even more likely her mother's fault. Unfortunately, after installing Linux Mint all the way. She wasn't able to get the wireless card working. In her defense, I couldn't either until I connected a cat5 cable and downloaded the drivers.
The thing is: I was able to connect to the wireless router when I booted to the live distro. The drivers had to have been on the stick! Why didn't they install?
#linuxmint
#endof10
#Dell
#oldcomputers

Windows XP in 2025? Some people are still using seriously old computers! This article explores the reasons why and the risks involved.

#OldComputers #WindowsXP #TechHistory #TechRisks https://zurl.co/plWka

Ok,

Now running Debian 12 on the 22+yr old desktop - whatever updates MXlinux has made to 23.6 Libretto in recent months, it frustratingly won't run properly on this old machine, and because I need to be working not noodling all day trying to get it working, this is the road I have had to go down.

So my old desktop did not like the last full update from MXlinux, literally fucked it!
There were no problems at all for my super wizzy octa-core laptop, so I think the old girl is now just to old.

Anyway, I ended up recovering her, she is shaky but working (for now at least), but all is not lost, there are plenty of other distros of Linux I can use to keep her going.

So, playtime

Would it be possible to concoct some kind of car that strongly identifies with a personal computer? Like, not decorate it with ram sticks or anything like that but design a dashboard instruments center console and seats that fit in neatly with 80s 90s beige pc design language
#weirdcarmastodon #oldcomputers

Microsoft's latest revelation: Your trusty old computer is *totally* fine, and you're just a tech hypochondriac! Meanwhile, the article's been barred from entry like an underage teen at a nightclub—403 Forbidden, indeed!
https://technical.ly/civic-news/windows-11-upgrade-myth-old-pcs-still-work/ #Microsoft #TechHypochondria #403Forbidden #OldComputers #Humor #HackerNews #ngated

Here's a quick short about the Psion organizer 2.

https://youtube.com/shorts/viG3RTCRdko?feature=share

The French Post Office has released a series of stamps dedicated to the famous game Tetris.

:0)

https://www.laposte.fr/pp/collector-4-timbres-tetris-lettre-internationale/p/2125910

Basic dialects – poisk (search)

https://dimalinkeng.blogspot.com/2025/05/basic-dialects-poisk-search.html

Well, I fell for this one tonight, but the price was attractive! :0)

Check it out:
The Original Strife: Veteran Edition

https://www.gog.com/en/game/strife_veteran_edition

Enjoying a Quake II gaming session!!

So much memories!

"Hey Proph, do you still have any old computers?"

Yes & no. The case (along w/ the CD & floppy drives, apparently) still live. It's fairly empty beyond that. That particular case has the start of a mural on the other side.

It was going to get a plexi window but I had neither the tools nor the hand strength at the time.

Maybe someday... = )

HeXen/HeXen II & Heretic are games I played on shareware version demo at the end of 90s (1998).

Never played the full games..

I'm just starting HeXen II :0)
What ambient!
Scarry..

I play with headphones.

So great!!

#fps #action #fantasy #hexen #hexenII #heretic #ravensoftware #idsoftware #games #gaming #videogames #videogaming
#retrogames #retrogaming #DOSgaming #DOSGames #PCGaming #MSDOS #retrocomputing #oldcomputers