cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/34247715

Curious on the experiences of those recently migrating to Linux from Windows 10, Intel-based MacOS, etc. How is it being on Linux? Anything surprise or frustrate you?

  • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 days ago

    https://lemmy.ca/comment/21276696

    I just put an old SSD and Linux on my decade old laptop, and it’s like a whole new computer

    ofc, it was probably mostly the hard drive that was the problem to begin with, seeing as it took 10 minutes to boot up and log in, and another five before it would open a web or file browser…

    • Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I resurrected my wife’s old Macbook Pro from 2009 with an SSD and 8GB RAM (wouldn’t boot with 16GB), repasted the CPU, and gave it a good cleaning throughout.

      The fan still attempts to takeoff when under load, but it runs really well otherwise. CPU is a P8700 C2D, which explained a lot when I discovered that.