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[–] johnny_deadeyes@slrpnk.net 32 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I have a 14 year old laptop running Linux Mint that I use daily. Sure, it's had the HD and the battery replaced, but it's still fine for most tasks. An SSD really improved performance.

[–] altasshet@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

My Thinkpad will turn 15 next year. It will probably be retired as my main laptop, but it will keep in bring useful in some fashion for a while still running Fedora.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Nice. Fedora is pretty damn polished