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Re: What year is your computer? How old?
« Reply #31 on: February 19, 2018, 02:59:50 PM »
 

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My daily computer as described to the left was bought new in 2015 to run Linux Lite. (Windows infection it came with was wiped.)  :D

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I also still have an Apple iMac PPC G5 Desktop with 20 M9250LLA 180 GHz which my wife uses for her e-mail and i Photo.
I have a second test computer Dell Dimension which was given to me which is 32 bit. I have no idea how old it is.


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Re: What year is your computer? How old?
« Reply #30 on: February 19, 2018, 01:50:56 PM »
 

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well actualley this wasnt my computer first(i took it from my father less than a year ago) but it was made in 2008 (man at that time this laptop was the laptops slayer and now its laptops crap) 1 GB ram -somehow 64bit capable laughable 2 GHz CPU no dedicated graphics card
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remove firefox and install opera (32 % faster) remove vlc and install some gnome video player remove word app (i don't remember its name) and install abiword and hey every day I remove something and add something *liter* and i can really notice a difference now i can go back to 64 bit when its removed in ll4.0 cheers
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Re: What year is your computer? How old?
« Reply #29 on: February 19, 2018, 12:21:58 PM »
 

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I juste mentionned it in another thread but since its on the subject, for those machine not able to run Linux Lite adequately (?), try PeppermintOS 8 respin2.
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Re: What year is your computer? How old?
« Reply #28 on: February 18, 2018, 10:14:56 AM »
 

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Surprisingly it doesn't run that badly for most things-It can play a YouTube video if there isn't a lot of other stuff running.
 
 

Re: What year is your computer? How old?
« Reply #27 on: February 18, 2018, 09:07:29 AM »
 

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Now 2 computers, one is bought 2017, its specs around before then, as below username.
Other it is having a sticker saying it came with Windows Vista originally, this is 32 bit LL.
Both computers using Linux Lite 3.2
When Linux can do the graphics, it feeds downstream, I am get similar to 2017, to replace the vista age one.

 
 

Re: What year is your computer? How old?
« Reply #26 on: February 18, 2018, 06:51:57 AM »
 

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Antix is great for old machines. I have a number of old PC's that would struggle to run Linux Lite or similar, mostly socket 462 AMD Athlon and AthlonXP machines with a few Pentium II, III and IV's thrown in the mix. I even have some old socket 7 Pentium I and AMD K6 boards and CPU's laying around but they're not built or running anything at the moment, I might build one up as a DOS gaming machine in the near future.
Puppy Linux is great too for these old machines and I run that also on a few. For the really old Pentium 2 and 3's I have either Windows 98 for retro gaming or Damn Small Linux installed or a old version of Puppy from the version 1 and 2 days.  :)
 

Re: What year is your computer? How old?
« Reply #25 on: February 18, 2018, 06:34:08 AM »
 

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I have an ancient Dell Dimension desktop, 12 years old, that runs AntiX 32-bit, because even Linux Lite is kinda slow on it.  My main computer is a Dell Vostro 200, I think about 4 or 5 years old, running Linux Lite 3.8 effortlessly. 
 

Re: What year is your computer? How old?
« Reply #24 on: February 18, 2018, 05:25:17 AM »
 

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4) eeePC 701 32bit LL3.8 1GB ram, slower & stable but small and light enough to travel with me to New Zealand when visiting family in Blenheim.
 

Re: What year is your computer? How old?
« Reply #23 on: June 18, 2016, 11:17:26 AM »
 

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Kyle: I use the little brother of the 6400 the 4300 with 4GB of ram.
LL 3.0 64bit runs fine. I use it for normal tasks internet, music, office, development of web (PHP/SQL), desktop applications (FreeBasic/Lazarus) and Android apps (Android Studio) and light games via steam, minecraft or retro games (dosbox).

As a backup I have an old Dell D505. Run LL 2.8 32bit fine and is fast enough for internet and light office work.

That's cool! I personally dumped my gaming laptop for the stability of the Dell Latitude 4000-6000 line, they are also built very well (plenty of weight) but are constructed with a really durable palm rest.
 

Re: What year is your computer? How old?
« Reply #22 on: June 17, 2016, 05:00:22 PM »
 

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Kyle: I use the little brother of the 6400 the 4300 with 4GB of ram.
LL 3.0 64bit runs fine. I use it for normal tasks internet, music, office, development of web (PHP/SQL), desktop applications (FreeBasic/Lazarus) and Android apps (Android Studio) and light games via steam, minecraft or retro games (dosbox).

As a backup I have an old Dell D505. Run LL 2.8 32bit fine and is fast enough for internet and light office work.
 

Re: What year is your computer? How old?
« Reply #21 on: June 17, 2016, 02:30:14 AM »
 

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Running a Dell Latitude E6400 with added RAM (4GB instead of 2GB). Year is around Q1 of 2008.
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Re: What year is your computer? How old?
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Now left without a 32 bit machine
Don't be sad about that. 32-bit will eventually die out completely. Google already made the first step, some distro's don't even come with 32-bit versions any longer. 64-Bit is the present future. It's now waiting for a 128-bit system or 256-bit system. Heck, maybe a 1024-bit system! Who knows...  ;)

It's going to stay 64-Bit for a good long while. The main reason why 32-Bit (NON-PAE Kernels) is a dinosaur is because of the inability to access 4GB+ Of RAM.  64-Bit Has A Limit of 16 Exabytes or in scientific notation: 1.6 x 1010 Gigabytes or 1.6 x 107 Terabytes(Gigabyte--->Terabyte--->Petabyte--->Exabyte)
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Re: What year is your computer? How old?
« Reply #19 on: May 25, 2016, 10:05:27 AM »
 

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Apart from some very niche areas(NEC MIPS/DEC Alpha Chip) I very much doubt we will see 128bit in the consumer PC market for a very, very, very long time.
Also it's a balance between memory addressing and performance, 64bit can actually be slower.


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Re: What year is your computer? How old?
« Reply #18 on: May 25, 2016, 09:16:04 AM »
 

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Now left without a 32 bit machine
Don't be sad about that. 32-bit will eventually die out completely. Google already made the first step, some distro's don't even come with 32-bit versions any longer. 64-Bit is the present future. It's now waiting for a 128-bit system or 256-bit system. Heck, maybe a 1024-bit system! Who knows...  ;)

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Re: What year is your computer? How old?
« Reply #17 on: May 24, 2016, 05:06:22 PM »
 

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It is knida slow, but functions nicely for webcast listening and browsing at night. You tube doesn't work to watch video very well however.  No driver for the x600 ati card, just default.....
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