alt Hacker NewsI have an x61 myself, bought it last year to add to my Thinkpad collection. I haven't done much besides put in some real to verify it actually works. And suggestions on an OS?
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hexagonwin • today at 8:04 AM
most linux/bsd you can throw at it would just work fine. i personally like tinycore linux and porteus linux, they unpack the rootfs to ram so overall interaction with the system feels insanely quick on very underpowered systems with HDDs.
taffydavid • today at 11:08 AM
(stupid typo - it was meant to be put in some RAM to verify it actually works)
userbinator • today at 6:52 AM
Windows 98SE.
Port any drivers you need with AI.
Only half-serious...
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thrownthatway • today at 6:57 AM
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antiX linux v26 might be of interest. I have the 32 bit version with the older Linux kernel (5.18.x I recollect) on a live usb. No mysterious graphics freezes.
The more straight forward (and 64 bit) candidate would be Slackware 15.0 with a few of Alien Bob's slackbuilds.
But, of course, the retro computing approach mentioned by another poster would look really nice and be a conversation piece.