I’m sitting here in 2026 runnin Fedora 43 on a laptop from 2016, and honestly? It’s smoother than it has any right to be. My entire workflow lives in Brave and Obsidian, and this “old” i5 handles it like a champ. There is something deeply satisfying about taking a “boring” enterprise machine, slapping GNOME on it, and watching it run circles around modern hardware,It’s actually fuckin depressing that a 10-year-old laptop has better utility than 99% of the “pro” hardware being sold today.have a native Ethernet port and a full SD slot. Imagine that shit No $60 Amazon adapters dangling off the side like life support just to get a stable connection 🙄that’s what I call good hardware built to last.#r/Linuxmasterrace

  • Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works
    4·
    1 hour ago

    We need to keep old hardware alive and avoid e-waste when possible. What is your computer?

    My wife’s upgraded 2012 MacBook Pro is no cknamed the beast as it’s so snappy running Fedora Workstation.

  • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
    19·
    3 hours ago

    my common suggestion for people looking to switch is throw linux on your last laptop if its in working condition and see how well it runs vs your newer one with windows.

    • floofloof@lemmy.ca
      1·
      56 minutes ago

      I just stuck a new battery in my laptop for its 9th birthday. Still going strong with OpenSUSE Tumbleweed.

  • Luke@lemmy.mlEnglish
    7·
    2 hours ago

    My 2013 Dell XPS laptop is still running beautifully with Fedora 43 too! Honestly, it’s amazing how much life a piece of old hardware can have with Linux running on it.

  • morto@piefed.socialEnglish
    81·
    2 hours ago

    People talk a lot about software enshittification, but hardware enshittification is also a thing!