Dedoimedo: My Asus eeePC still rocks in 2024 (with MX Linux)

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Long long ago, in a galaxy far ... Nah. Back in 2010, I got myself a netbook. It was an Asus eeePC thing, small, robust, lovely, and reasonably priced. Fast forward a good decade, I've used it everywhere. Inside and outside, in rough outdoor conditions, and it's survived a dozen business trips with pride. Practical use, too, including mail, browsing, music, videos, writing books, everything you can imagine.

Over the years, though, its tiny, super-ancient processor started lagging behind the (mostly unnecessary) growth in computing demands for ordinary things. My last endeavor with this box was around 2019. I installed MX Linux 18 on it, and this fine, frugal distro gave it a fresh breath of life and relevance. I wasn't sure how much longer the system would receive updates, and what to do once that episode ended. Well, as it turns out, just when I thought it might be time to retire the eeePC, it snapped its red clamshell cover and shouted: I ain't dead yet. Well, let's talk about it, shall we?

My Asus eeePC still rocks in 2024 (with MX Linux)

Super enthusiastic article showing the revival and use of almost-fifteen-year-old Asus eeePC netbook with fresh installation of MX Linux MX-23.3 Libretto midweight distro with the Xfce desktop environment, covering numerous hardware- and software-related details, like clamshell cover buffing...

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[Marko :)]

I still have my Asus Eee PC 1001HA in my drawer. It was my first laptop and it was terrible, I loved it so much!