I have been gifted a few ancient laptops from the stone age (2005-2014). Any ideas on what I can do with them? Are there any modern Linux distros that would run on old hardware like this? I’ll take any suggestions this wonderful community has to offer.

    • buckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      10 days ago

      Throw a cheap SATA SSD and a second ram stick in the Inspiron 15 3537 or the Satellite C55 and you’ve got a decent little machine for productivity and browsing on a modern distro. The HP 2133 netbook was probably barely usable even in its time, and the Inspiron 1545 might be alright with a lightweight distro like puppy linux.