I’ve been planning on selling a couple older laptops (Latitude E6420 and ThinkPad X240) and this is a fantastic idea. The former laptop doesn’t even have Windows 10 drivers (that I know of)
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singletona@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Pick a newbie friendly version. I’m going to suggest linux mint, but there may be better options.
JustARegularNerd@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
ChogChog@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
The ThinkPads are great. I have an X220 that I have running Mint that I use in my garage. Its use cases are music streaming, displaying PDF Service Manuals/Technical Diagrams, and web queries for random questions/video instructions. I’m working on trying to see if I can get Wine to let me run some diagnostic software on it too.
It can certainly do more than that as I used it through school a number of years ago for note taking and small programming projects. But it’s retired to being the tank that it is and it’s amazing for that.
JustARegularNerd@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I totally agree, they’re mad little machines. I’m only selling mine because I can’t stand the combined touchpad/track point setup Lenovo did in that generation and I quickly replaced it with an X260. Both of them are capable of damn good battery life (I get about 5-6 hours from my X260)
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 4 weeks ago
That’s literally what the representative from the charity said they did in the linked article