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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

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 😁

🚫💻 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! 🛑😂
technical.ly/civic-news/window #Microsoft #TechHypochondria #403Forbidden #OldComputers #Humor #HackerNews #ngated

Technically MediaMicrosoft’s big lie: Your computer is fine (and you don’t need to buy a new one)By Tim Allen
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I'm moving forward slowly. I'm spinning around a bit to find the four power cubes in the Supply Station to finish this passage.

I'll eventually find them, more than 25 years later I've completely forgotten.. where.

But so much fun!! :0)

#fps#action#quake