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    Wish me luck as I install Arch on an old netbook (media.kbin.social)
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    [–] JargonWagon 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    I tried to install Arch on an old laptop.

    The laptop was apparently too old for Arch as it had a 32 bit processor. I found a fork of Arch that was meant for 32 bit systems and attempted installing that instead. It was an awful experience.

    I then tried PuppyOS, but I was still not happy with it and just decided to junk it instead. I hope someone was able to get some metals extracted from it or something.

    [–] jcb2016 2 points 2 years ago

    Keep trying. There is a distro out there

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