This post brought to you via Q4OS, a lightweight Linux distribution, running on the first laptop I ever bought. This Compaq Presario 2200 came from CompUSA more than 15 years ago. The last time I used it was probably ten years ago.
I could have installed Linux alongside Windows XP SP3, but I wiped the drive for a clean start. I first tried Lubuntu, but performance was terrible. Lubuntu failed to find the WiFi hardware, but I’m on WiFi now with Q4OS. Typing reminds me how good the action on laptop keyboards used to be. A fun little project.
Correction: I should have said “the first Windows laptop I ever bought.” My first home PC was a Panasonic DOS dual-floppy laptop with monochrome screen and CGA composite video output that could display on a regular TV.
Follow-up: I installed VLC Media Player and a region-free DVD plays fine, but other DVD’s cannot be opened. It seems a command line utility is needed to set region 1 for the DVD player.
My excuse is I’m old and retired!
Close, Doug, but the title *should* have been, “Ex-XP PC, See?”