commit b6656bea1672ff6c999aefca8e2faa3488b40bf2 (patch)
parent de0230ea6c52ce72d36783f719b56eb2c014a757
Author: Alex Karle <alex@alexkarle.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2023 22:57:30 -0400
uses: Add note about new laptop, update OS's
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/www/uses.txt b/www/uses.txt
@@ -40,13 +40,11 @@ seriously at work. At some point in ~2020, I discovered OpenBSD
and slowly started putting it on all of my personal machines. I'm
currently running:
-- [OpenBSD](https://openbsd.org) for my laptop, desktop, server
+- [OpenBSD](https://openbsd.org) for my laptop, server
([hosting this site](/blog/self-hosted.html)), and home router/firewall
-- [Arch Linux](https://archlinux.org) for work (needed a cutting
- edge kernel for newer work laptop)
+- [Debian](https://debian.org) on my desktop
-In the past I've also used Alpine Linux on my laptop and Debian on
-my desktop.
+In the past I've also used Alpine Linux and Arch Linux on my laptop.
## Other Tools
@@ -86,11 +84,12 @@ installed Arch on my old macbook and suffered at the hands of
NVIDIA and poor hardware support until I ditched my macbook for a
[ThinkPad X220](https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:X220)
(2011, i7, 2GB RAM) that I bought used for ~$130 off Ebay. A
-simple upgrade to a SSD and it runs great!
+simple upgrade to a SSD and it ran great (minus a poor cpu
+for big compilations)!
-I use the laptop for casual browsing and hobby coding (I try to
-ensure my hobby projects all run on old hardware!), but its CPU age
-really shows on big websites or compilations.
+In 2022 I upgraded to a Thinkpad X13 (8 core AMD, 16gb RAM)
+that I acquired from an old workplace. I keep the X220 around
+for things like Plan 9 (better hardware support) :)
### Desktop
