Hi I have a 2011 Samsung RV509 with a 240 gb ssd, 6gb RAM and Intel Core i3 it runs Linux mint 22 and it runs smooth as butter
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Over the past decade I’ve been able to continue using old hardware even when Microsoft decided that they were too old for upgrades. The oldest that I had was a 2007 Toshiba with 1,5GB of RAM… sadly had to retire it a couple of years ago but it has definitely paid for itself, thanks to Linux 
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my main laptop is, at this point, and old laptop- so Im lucky for this effect.
I try installing linux on people’s old machines to prove to them its not time to throw it out yet… always to great effect… but mixed response. hehe
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One of my favorite projects recently was getting an 2017 MacBook Pro (Intel) running again with LInux. I started with Ubuntu and ended up with Mint. I could never figure out the audio exactly. I could get it to work, then any time the system updated it would kill the audio again. But It was a fun project. I only stopped using it because I got a crazy deal on a Framework 13. Which I run PopOS on for now.
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