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Originally Posted by theducks
Download Linix Mint LIVE CD (or the Flash drive version if you have a blank 8G+ drive) and give it a test spin. Yo don't need to install.
IMHO it does pretty well unless you have some odd devices. It handle my Brother networked Printers and Dell mother board graphics.
If it does not work... Erase the flash drive  |
Basically everything I have is an "old device." I'm typing this on a Dell Optiplex 9020m (micro — basically a laptop without a keyboard or screen, or battery. I like it because it's low power and quiet and, since I don't play games on, it has plenty of power for what I do). This computer was originally released ten years ago (early 2015). My printer/scanner is a Samsung SCX-4623FW which came out in 2010 and it's still working fine. The printer automatically installs, but I do have to make one configuration change for the scanner (the scanner component was made by Xerox).
At any rate, Linux Mint seems good for old devices as well. And it definitely runs faster and quieter than Windows on this machine.