Just found this in a box and according to some Googling, its TPD is 6.8w!!! Got Debian on there with LXDE but I don’t need another laptop. The big drawback is that it has a 32bit processor. It has a 100mbit network port, USB2.0, 2gb RAM and WiFi which isn’t working but is listed in ip -a

I’ve used it to add wireless capabilities to my ancient Brother laser printer but it was extremely slow ( 15 mins before a text page started printing, PER PAGE)

  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.orgEnglish
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    5 days ago
    • Basically anything a (low-spec) Raspberry pi can do
    • Music box

    BTW I’m pretty sure you can get the WiFi working.

    And for most use case you’ll want to get rid of the GUI. In Debian’s case, best to reinstall the so-called minimal or netinst image.

    • afk_strats@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      11·
      5 days ago

      that’s a great idea re: music. i use a ton of Chromecast audios and, when Google “forgot to update the certs” I was SOL

      • haverholm@kbin.earth
        3·
        5 days ago

        +1 re WiFi. As I recall, with older laptops you may have to dig around to find some WiFi drivers for Debian — but they’re most likely there, just not in the default repo.

        • poweruser@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
          6·
          5 days ago

          In addition this was back when airlines had strong restrictions on wireless being used on planes, so many devices had physical switches to turn WiFi/Bluetooth off. Maybe it’s still turned off

        • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          5 days ago

          Can confirm. A lot of the old wifi drivers are missing from Debian 32 bit and OP will have to dig those up. I have an ancient Dell, 32 bit laptop I use when I am reading before bedtime. It didn’t have to be anything super nice, as I just read on that laptop. I installed Debian 32 bit, but the drivers were not available, and being as it was just barely a viable laptop that I’m trying to squeeze the last drops of usefulness out of it, I didn’t bother trying to find drivers. I dropped back and installed MX Linux. So, yeah, OP might need to do a little leg work.