I have a beloved P4 Gericom Frontman and I do not want to give it away.
It had a new game changing design as can today be found with many Apple
computers. I also have a P4 notebook and some i386 desktops, some of
which I am dual booting with some Windows and OS/2. New computers with a
setup from zero are no considerable option for me. But yes, why not
upgrade to Debian 11.
Odo
On 13.04.22 17:11, piorunz wrote:
On 13/04/2022 15:57, Michael Stone wrote:
family 15 model 2 is northwood based. no amd64. the best option for that
one is to find a cheap second hand box with a CPU that's only 10 years
old instead of (literally) 20 years old and retire it; those old p4's
were really power hungry, and it shouldn't be hard to find a replacement
for a cost (maybe even free) that will pay for itself in electricity
savings alone.
Ok. Yes indeed these CPUs are so old that I can give away better ones
for free for this fellow Debian user if he is in my country.
CPUs like that I sell on eBay from refurbished computers for almost
zero, just as a hobby, to give it second life. Working on such machine
is impossible apart from passive browsing and text typing.
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With kindest regards, Piotr.
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