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  • Some manufacturers have outlets for refurbished devices. They’re not like bargain bin prices, but it’s something.

    There’s also a lot of electronics recyclers on eBay. I’ve haven’t had any bad experiences there.

    You could also try going to local thrift stores. Don’t bother with Goodwill though. They put all their good stuff online. Unless you live near one of their dedicated electronics stores, like the one in Tallahassee, Florida.

    The only other option I can think of is checking out something like Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist. Unfortunately, you do need a Facebook account for Marketplace.




  • ClipperDefiance@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.mlAMOLED Linux?
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    6 months ago

    You would just install one of the KDE meta-packages. After that you can select the new desktop environment when you login again.

    The only thing to note is that some settings don’t always play nice between the two (for example one might overwrite settings on the other), so maybe consider making a new user account just to see if you like it.



  • Is it 32-bit? If it is, then that also severely limits your options. Personally, I just throw Debian or one of its derivatives on old hardware like that. You may want to consider Q4OS. It’s Debian based and is geared specifically towards old and low-end hardware. Interestingly, it’s also one of only a couple distros that ship with Trinity as a desktop environment.

    Retro gaming is definitely doable with 2GB of RAM, considering that older Raspberry Pi boards can do it with just 1GB. In that case you could try Batocera.

    Some other ideas include running something like Nextcloud or a media server on it on your home network. In that case, I’d again recommend Debian.


  • I don’t have any specific words or anything, but I do have some general tips that might be useful.

    You can exclude words from search results by placing a - at the beginning of the word you don’t want. For example if you want real hedgehogs and not Sonic the Hedgehog:

    hedgehog -sonic

    Another tip is you can put quotation marks around a phrase to search for content with that exact set of words. This can be useful when searching for something like a band with a name that just isn’t search friendly.

    “the band”

    There’s a great browser add-on called uBlacklist that can block specific sites from from search results. One particularly useful feature is subscriptions, which allows users to share public lists that update automatically.