Drew DeVault • 1/23/2019

Why I use old hardware

The author details their use of an 11-year-old Thinkpad X200 as a primary travel laptop, highlighting its full Linux compatibility, durability, and adequate performance for tasks like kernel compilation. They argue that using older hardware fosters empathy for users without high-end systems and critiques how modern software like KDE can bloat and perform poorly on such machines, advocating for efficient, needs-based hardware choices in development.

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#software development #user experience #performance optimization