Single core, 32 bit CPU, can’t even do video playback on VLC. But it kinda works for some offline work, like text editing, and even emulation through zsnes! It’s crazy how Linux keeps old hardware like this running.

Thankfully though, this laptop CPU is upgradable, and so is the ram, so I’m planning on revitalizing and bringing this old Itautec to the 21st century 😄

  • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    10 hours ago

    Yeah, but at least we knew how to switch consoles.

    I bet that most Linux users nowadays don’t event know the CTRL+ALT+Fx shortcuts to switch console.

    Can’t say that the old days were really “good” compared to what we had now, but there was definitelly a lot of satisfaction in step by step getting the system to work.

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      9 hours ago

      Oh God no, You’re 100% correct on all that. We were living through endorphins and we now have something in between nostalgia and Stockholm syndrome for the old days.