☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 days agoThe annoying nerds who said you should install Linux, use decentralised social media, use Signal secure messenger were rightmastodon.scotexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down12
arrow-up1158arrow-down1external-linkThe annoying nerds who said you should install Linux, use decentralised social media, use Signal secure messenger were rightmastodon.scot☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squaretheshatterstone54@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 days agoI found Linux because I was broke so the only laptop I could afford was a Windows 10 machine with 4GB RAM, so I looked into Linux Mint to squeeze out a more decent performance.
minus-squareeldavi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 days agoin my case; my windows me desktop got messed up during an update and i could only afford the $4 for a pack of mandrake cd’s. actually, it was $4 for the magazine and the cd’s were free. lol
minus-squaresebb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoSimilar here. But I didn’t have 4GB RAM, I had 256MB. Was some years ago
I found Linux because I was broke so the only laptop I could afford was a Windows 10 machine with 4GB RAM, so I looked into Linux Mint to squeeze out a more decent performance.
in my case; my windows me desktop got messed up during an update and i could only afford the $4 for a pack of mandrake cd’s.
actually, it was $4 for the magazine and the cd’s were free. lol
Similar here. But I didn’t have 4GB RAM, I had 256MB. Was some years ago