The oldest tech I have are laptops from 2006, 2008 and 2009, a pc from ~2010 and an android phone from around 2012. I also have lots of newer stuff.

I’ve already built a home server from the most suitable pc. What other real use cases for old tech would you suggest? What is your experience?

    • Y|yukichigai@kbin.earth
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      4 days ago

      It was simple once I figured out what I needed, but I had to cycle through a few different OSes before I got something that worked with my hardware. You might have luck with a “specifically for emulation” build like Lakka or Batocera, but for me I wound up installing Debian 12 and then having it just auto-login and run RetroPie on start. Works great though.

      Anywho, best of luck!

      • myszka@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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        4 days ago

        Thanks for sharing your setup! Debian does seem to be a good option for this use case. Otherwise I think I’ll also try Alpine Linux.