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atlas@hollow.raccoon.quest

atlas_core

Edited 2 months ago

I'm surprised at how usable a 2011 netbook is, with Linux. I was able to get Tailscale and Moonlight going without problem for a rather smooth remote desktop solution considering the age of the device. And Logseq, despite being a web browser, works fairly alright (again, slow, but functional) with Syncthing to sync between devices.
I guess the netbook dream mostly lives on nowadays. Just don't rely on modern web shit.

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atlas@hollow.raccoon.quest

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The low res screen does it no favours, but it's still functional. Using Badwolf is basically the best lightweight option, and playing Youtube/Invidious is a complete no-go sadly. I'd be curious how functional these things would be in Windows 7...

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getimiskon

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@atlas i'm pretty sure even my old desktop from the late 2000s is still usable (if it still works, of course). Also modern web shit don't make sense. Most of the things you can do today could be done with server-side CGI scripts.
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atlas@hollow.raccoon.quest

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@getimiskon@fedi.getimiskon.xyz for "casual" uses like web browsing it would probably be pretty decent with a few upgrades here and there, namely RAM and SSD. The 2011 netbook I'm using is utter shit in performance compared to even a 2006 laptop, so yeah.

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getimiskon

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@atlas about youtube, have you tried playing a video on mpv with yt-dlp? It's not as straightforward to play videos with lower resolution, but it's doable.
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getimiskon

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@atlas yeah, that's what i used it for until about 2019 and it was alright. To be honest, the reason i want to get that old machine working, is to run older DAWs on Windows 7. Maybe a few games too, i dunno.
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atlas@hollow.raccoon.quest

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I just remembered I have a touchscreen laptop at home, also underpowered and slow, and it's not in a 2-in-1 form factor. I'd imagine with a more stable distro like Fedora, it'd make for an equally practical, bigger note taking laptop I could just pack up, bring whenever and sync wherever.

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atlas@hollow.raccoon.quest

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@getimiskon@fedi.getimiskon.xyz that's the one thing I didn't try (tried via Plasmatube, it was ugly), aaaaaaand I forgot to bring the charger now so I guess that'll be left unanswered.

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getimiskon

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@atlas i've made a basic script for that reason ages ago. Maybe with a bit of tweaking it would still work.
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