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iSAVvy: Lubuntu, My Savior For Older Laptops

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Lubuntu was my favourite operating system since I started using it. My new favourite is Linux Mint. 

—— Dickson Idlier

I believe you only need to buy a new computer when the old one does not meet your computing needs. However, it is mainly the operating systems vendor increasing the hardware requirements or clutter of useless / bloated installed software in your computer. While computers are getting cheaper and faster every year, it is bad for the environment as not all components are recyclable.

I stumbled upon Lubuntu when I had to help out a colleague to set up a few old laptops (Thinkpad X61s) to deploy for security work. It works on such old laptops and fully functional as well. Since I am a fan of the light-weight operating system, I stuck with it until now.

I have 3 laptops that I am currently using, Lenovo Thinkpad X200 (2008 model), Acer Aspire One 756 (2012 model), and Asus X556U (2016 model). It is due to the light-weight Lubuntu OS that I am still able to use these older laptops. Furthermore, the applications that I used are also free. So my computing cost is only power and Internet cost. As a partial freegan, this is how I keep my expenses low for my computing needs for word processing, graphics editing, blogging, website updating, and simple tasks. As Lubuntu is using a graphical screen, anyone can learn to use it, like Windows. Even updates have a graphical interface for it as well.

I strongly recommend anyone to try it out before buying a new computer.

Why spend money when you can get it for free?




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