On 02/22/2018 03:47 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , Ken Hart
wrote:

Same here. I have several machines that are 10-15 years old, and
severely under-powered. They bogged down terribly with WinXP, but now
run great with Lubuntu (a light-weight version of Ubuntu).

Why bother about 10-15 years old computers when you can buy a new one
for 200 Euro?

If that is still too expensive, you could buy a Raspberry Pi and put
Linux on it.

I haven't done the Euro to Dollar conversion, but I haven't paid three
digits for any of my old computers.

then whatever you have is junk.

That's quite presumptuous, since you have no idea what brands/models
computers I have. What if some of my hardware is Apple? Ergo, based on
your statement, Apple is junk.

quality costs money.

That is a generalization that is not universally true. For example,
there are companies that scrap their hardware the minute it is fully
depreciated (5 years). I have been "playing" with some pretty serious
Cisco networking gear that I acquired just by showing up at the loading
dock at the right time.

Just because a widget is old is no reason to scrap it, especially if it
still works well enough to use.

then you must not be doing much.

On that statement, I have to agree. I'm responding to your comments, so
I'm not doing much.

By the way, are you familiar with the Shift key? Or are you a big fan of
poet e. e. cummings?


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Ken Hart