Do you have an old 64-bit laptop where Microsoft Windows 10/11 does not work anymore? There is a solution to bring back most of your laptops to life – in other words “recycling”.
We know that this last year, computer prices increased. Why not recycle your old computers / laptops?
Many Europeans will not have the money to buy new hardware since too many energy bills will come upon them with heavy increases that can go from 3 to 5 times the nominal price from last / this year, or even more. For instance, in Germany companies are already complaining that they get electricity invoices with 5 times the prices that they paid previously without speaking yet of the heating, maybe another 3 to 5 times too.
Massive unemployment is already in discussion. Now you should understand why many Europeans are unable to buy new computers.
What can be done with old computers / laptops?
We already heard about Linux distribution systems. Major ones are Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, openSuse, … This major systems require a lot less resources than Microsoft Windows, but it could be that your laptop is already over 10 old, even up to 20 years. So we need something even more lighter in resources.
There are a few light distributions, but one that stands out is the “Linux Lite”. Here are some minimal specs:
| CPU | 1 GHz with 2 cores |
| RAM | 768 MB (0.75 GB) – as for Windows 11 you need a strict minimum of 4 to 8 GB |
| HDD / SSD | 8 GB – as for Windows 11 you need a minimum of 64 GB |
| ‘BIOS’ | UEFI or old BIOS – as for Windows 11 you need UEFI and TPM version 2 |
| Graphic card | 3D video card with only 256 MB |
| Display | VGA with 1024 x 768 and above |
How to proceed?
1. Download the ISO – https://www.linuxliteos.com
(you can contribute financially something small, or if you cannot just click on $ 0, then the Download button)
2. Download 64 bit (if you know what a Torrent is, you may use it)
3. Wait a few seconds, a pop-up window or an icon may activate that it is showing the download in progress
4. Now download ‘balenaEtcher’ – https://www.balena.io/etcher
5. Follow the instructions on ‘Writing the Linux Lite ISO to a USB key / pen on Windows’ (https://www.linuxliteos.com/manual/install.html#installguide)
6. Follow the instructions in installing Linux Lite on your computer with UEFI … (https://www.linuxliteos.com/manual/install.html#installuefimode)
… or on a old BIOS system (https://www.linuxliteos.com/manual/install.html#installlegacymode)
How to use it?
Here you have a documentation about tutorials – https://www.linuxliteos.com/manual/tutorials.html
I found also this video on YouTube in how to parameterize and use the Linux Lite 6 – https://youtu.be/_yTICKxBkw8
Conclusion
I hope, I could convince you not to throw away functional computers but to give a new life – by far a lot cheaper.
In case you need help, please take contact with us at
” info [at] digitaltran [dot] eu ” or through our contact form on
https://digitaltran.eu.