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[–] BautAufWasEuchAufbaut@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Tell me more about your barely functioning laptops. Fringe operating systems welcome!

[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago

2015 Macbook pro, PoP!_OS, Fry an egg on the outer shell if you ask it to do 2 things at once.

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Four-year-old MS Surface Go, they dont build shit to last anymore. I'll see if I can get Linux Mint or some such if it gets much worse.

[–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

Try xfce or mate as a desktop environment. Both should be performant. Didn't have luck with cinnamon DE, and it lagged/crashed even with great hardware.