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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 08-Mar-2024 16:22:13 JST nixCraft 🐧

   I am still using Ubuntu #Linux 20.04 LTS on a device that my previous employer gave to me. It is an incredibly lightweight device with a massive 32GB RAM, 2x1TB PCIe SSD, NVIDIA GPU w/ 2K res, & i7 CPU. I'm giving this to a buddy of mine for their PG AI learning class. Today is my last day using this device. I'll format it & switch back to my older ThinkPad x230/T series. I'm expecting it to be slower, but that's okay. I might use Debian 12 with XFCE as my operating system. I'm worried about FF

   • nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 08-Mar-2024 16:35:16 JST nixCraft 🐧

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     • Kerem

     @kerem it is cheaper. lol. newer devices cost too much money. i don't want to spend it. thinkpad just works out of the box coz all kernel devs use them, so support is there. that is why.

   • Kerem (kerem@m.ellicstudio.net)'s status on Friday, 08-Mar-2024 16:35:24 JST Kerem

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     @nixCraft the one thing I keep failing to understand is this absolute devotion to old ThinkPads by Linux users, even after completely switching to Linux myself :)

     I swear I'll just buy a T480 or something myself to see what the hype is all about hahah

   • nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 08-Mar-2024 18:59:27 JST nixCraft 🐧

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     • deedend

     @deedend That was Thinkpad X1 extreme (X1E) series. They stopped making those X1E now.

   • deedend (deedend@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 08-Mar-2024 18:59:28 JST deedend

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     @nixCraft
     What device is that?

   • words_number (words_number@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 08-Mar-2024 19:19:08 JST words_number

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     @nixCraft Yes! I Highly recommend debian testing XFCE. Been using it for many years on desktop and T470s.