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PC speed gains erased by modern software (hackaday.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Interesting take on comparability vs performance. I gotta imaging capturing user data and sending to a cloud collector is also a big culprit.

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 years ago (9 children)

The real sad part for me is the amount of e-waste this produces. Especially in devices like laptops.

A clean Linux distro can extend a laptops life by a decade. I have a laptop from the c2d era that I threw an ssd in and put Linux on. Perfectly serviceable as a basic machine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I have an ancient early W7-era AMD dual core (bulldozer based? So it’s actually like 1.5c) that runs just peachy on Lubuntu LTS, 8gb of mismatched used Ram I got for free, and an ancient slow HDD.

I use it for D&D (Roll20 and Foundry) and MTG (Cockatrice).

I tested W10 with a ReadyBoost sd card and 2gb RAM and it barely worked.

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