196 @lemmy.blahaj.zone mounderfod @lemmy.sdf.org 4mo ago

Any ruldeas on what to use this laptop for?

(yes I know it isn't technically a thinkpad but let me have my stupid gay puns)

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Coding web-based erotic visual novels starring anthropomorphized music genres
- Would we be able to see some examples?
  
  If OP delivers
Use it as an excuse to wear the programming socks
Install a gameboy emulator and play pokemon on public transport with the volume up high
Porn NAS
Spend 4 days configging it and then close it.

Seriously though you could throw Wireshark on it and learn about your network.
Where socks??
Use it to run arch!
- When I used arch (btw) the only thing I did was using arch. Configuring vim, the tiling wm, editing scripts to automate configuring arch. It was all circular. Arch is the best system for the task of configuring arch, tbh.
Collaborating with revolutionaries to tear down capitalism and establish fully automated luxury gay space communism
Install gentoo for the performance benefits*

*(Degrees of performance increase can vary no guarantees, any performance gained will be spent again preventing library conflicts updating the kernel and generally crying because compiling takes years)
Holy shit, that's an old (and slow) CPU.
Well, if it has an internet connection, then almost certainly porn
Install void Linux and i3wm, then exercise your signature look of superiority on arch Linux plebs.
- Not using systemd is just setting yourself up for failure later
  
  Average soystemd fan:
  
  To be fair, I ran gentoo with openrc for 3 years and it was mostly fine. Init systems don't matter that much.
  
  What would be funny is to have the musl void run on OP's beast.
Use it as a server with built in backup battery for running P2P stuff.

I have a similar setup for using syncthing (P2P file synchronization) that allowed me to get rid of centralized cloud stuff.

Lots of options tho, you can run a non-exit tor node (thats the safe kind that wont attract cops to your door), torrenting stuff (be safe duh), etc
- Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
  
  run a non-exit tor node
  
  Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
  
  I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.
You could play a game of Global Thermonuclear War
I use my old device for anime torrenting but sadly most mkv vids dont run on it:(
- Which is a significant portion of them nowadays
  
  Yeah, and its also beginning to affect youtube videos too! cough webm caugh
Games and stuff
Configure it to prevent power-saving, so that it can be a cat bed.
Masturbation.

Or playing old console games.

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