So, my weekend project wrapped up. And then I wiped the laptop completely again. Because what happens is I put it away. And then forget about it. And then when I pull it out, it’s slow, and it takes less time to restore and patch the system from scratch than it is to try and update it. And also with the forthcoming demise of Windows 10, it’s life was limited anyway. Yes, I could put OpenSUSE on it, but then again it’s going on 8 years old and it’s slower than a broken-knee’ed turtle.
So it’s wiped clean and put away. It’s current role will be emergency (as in total hardware failure in the main tower) backup. Where if I can’t even turn on the tower and I need a system while parts are ordered. And lessons learned say that it’ll be less time to install the OS from scratch than to patch what I already have at the time. Once upon a time I thought I could use it for streaming on the go, but my phone does that already out of the box.
It may be put away where my old tower once laid, but at least I won’t trip over it….
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