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9 cheap or free ways to make your old PC run faster
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ooli3 sopuli.xyz ooli3@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2025-06-04
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Link: https://www.pcworld.com/article/436282/9-cheap-or-free-ways-to-make-your-old-pc-run-faster.html
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ekZepp lemmy.world ekZepp@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-26
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  1. Linux

  2. Linux

  3. Linux

  4. Linux

  5. Linux

  6. Linux

  7. Linux

  8. Linux

  9. Linux

... and probably, also Linux.
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redlemace lemmy.world redlemace@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-03-03
#3 · Quote Reply

How is that an article? So Many linux distro's focus on just that
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Jackhammer_Joe lemmy.world Jackhammer_Joe@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-26
#4 · Quote Reply

Saved you a click:

  1. Streamline your startup
  2. Reinstall Windows
  3. Overclock! (Or undervolt)
  4. Install an SSD
  5. Switch to Linux or ChromeOS Flex
  6. Embrace cloud gamin
  7. Fling some files (transform an old PC into a dedicated home theater PC or a file server)
  8. Bite the bullet (buy a new laptop)
  9. Spring clean up (get rid of bloatware and clean out the interior of your PC)

Pretty pathetic list tbh
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lemmy_get_my_coat lemmy.world lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
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Jackhammer_Joe wrote:
Saved you a click: Streamline your startup Reinstall Windows Overclock! (Or undervolt) Install an SSD Switch to Linux or ChromeOS Flex Embrace cloud gamin Fling some files (transform an old PC into a dedicated home theater PC or a file server) Bite the bullet (buy a new laptop) Spring clean up (get rid of bloatware and clean out the interior of your PC) Pretty pathetic list tbh

What the fuck, one of the ways to make your old computer faster is to buy a new one?
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Paragone lemmy.world Paragone@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-12-06
#6 · Quote Reply
ekZepp wrote:
Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux ... and probably, also Linux.

https://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/

Sorry I can't tell anybody which member of the Puppy Linux family to try: apparently Puppy banned my dynamic-IP until near the end of March?

PuppyLinux.com/ should get you to that site, though.

Been recommending it .. since last century?

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