new mint is out and it rarely gets love from any of the Linix podcasts, it would be great to get you guys to live in it for a week, or maybe just make Wess do it. 😉

Honestly, if you find a used laptop with at least 8gb of RAM, you’d be able to do a decent amount of “regular computer” stuff, and even some light gaming, I’ve been playing Skyrim on a laptop I bought for $200 (but swapped out the SSD for another $80) at work between calls just fine. As long as you don’t expect a powerhouse, you’d be surprised at how much you can get done at that price range!

Comin in hawt with the bewst! Back in the day, when wifi didnt work, i used Kubuntu and had to go right back to windows. Then i tried again here in the last three years and its been a dream. Sometimes, linux is hard to love, but, that tough love forces you to learn new skills and you appreciate computing that much more.

I just picked up a lenovo P50 for just over 400usd. super powerful, with built in m2000m gpu, xeon proc. great power and performance, and runs nixos, zfs on root w/kde plasma desktop great!

I just picked up a lenovo P50 for just over 400usd. super powerful, with built in m2000m gpu, xeon proc. great power and performance, and runs nixos, zfs on root w/kde plasma desktop great!

For used, buy local if you can! I’m lucky to have a freegeek in my area and they have great deals for Linux desktops https://www.freegeektwincities.org/computers

Thanks 🦀

that link was for my local chapter. freegeek.org or check Wikipedia for locations. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Geek they have eBay shops too.

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