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I found this video helpful but it’s a few months old already:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzPN3Zpzusg
Depending on your goals, you could try to find used components that are incompatible with windows 11 but still perhaps powerful enough as this guy explains:
7·1 month agoHard to say without more context. I’d check the existing distributions and pick one that suits you. Their websites usually have lists with compatible devices.
PostmarketOS is interesting for tinkering, grapheneOS just works reliably. Everything else in between
1·2 months agoWhat about server OSs? That would rescale the mainstream/niche dimension quite drastically
Okay, but why not create more work for yourself by rebuilding everything from scratch?
Can’t believe nobody here mentioned nixOS so far? How about moving all of your configs in a flake and manage all of your systems with it?
Couple it to your smart watch, backup every 10 seconds, and make it vibrate when successful
Night sky destroyer
Even and especially in those cases cryptocoins are a very bad idea. Just because it’s “a” solution doesn’t mean it’s a good one
8·2 months agoMy computer my choice
Recently took the leap to try it out and it’s surprisingly nice. Especially thanks to the automatic rollbacks, in case something breaks. Only took me a few years of getting nagged and learning about it, and multiple attempts at reading through the documentation.
But for a beginner? No way. NixOS has a serious documentation issue. Also the community structure is a big plus in Debian.
They thought they were doing opinionated design while all they really did was ignore valid user concerns
How to protect your computer from automated AI attacks 101: start vim