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I warn you! Programming is very addictive. Someone on Linux Forums once posted that anything that enjoyable ought to be illegal.
See the consequences of gambling addiction for example are much worse than programming addiction, so IT addiction is better unless it is extremely severe gaming addiction.
Haiku is still a work in progress, I followed it for some time but gave up on it eventually, (same with ReactOS), they don't seem to have enough developers to keep up.
Kolibri has a twin called Menuet, one is more current than the other, (but can't remember which offhand).
I must make learning about old PCs, old OSes and coding fun like playing a game. Must not make it stressful like digging in a cold dark coal mine in a slave labor camp with just a bowl of fish tail soup as daily meal. Then I will never get anywhere like this.
Guess those who bought these are still using them or have sold them easily as they are simple to transport, ship. So will likely not be discarded unless they stopped working.
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I'm not keen on Android as an O/S, (personal opinion), but the SOC boards using ARM processors are increasing.
So when you've exhausted all those old PCs, take a look at them.
I bought a couple of Raspberry Pi3B, (which has an ARM processor), & they are good enough to do daily tasks.
I'm not keen on Android as an O/S, (personal opinion), but the SOC boards using ARM processors are increasing.
So when you've exhausted all those old PCs, take a look at them.
I bought a couple of Raspberry Pi3B, (which has an ARM processor), & they are good enough to do daily tasks.
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What are the soc boards ?
SOC = System On Chip - all the main components of a mother board are integrated into one chip.
That doesn't mean there aren't other chips on the board though, as some peripherals require their own chips, but it does allow a computer to be very small, the m/board of many SOC are about 4"x3".
SOC = System On Chip - all the main components of a mother board are integrated into one chip.
That doesn't mean there aren't other chips on the board though, as some peripherals require their own chips, but it does allow a computer to be very small, the m/board of many SOC are about 4"x3".
Very good to know, haven't looked in this direction much as you can say. These are more recent trends and are not about old PCs for now but will become old in another 10 years or so perhaps.
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