What old beast are you proudly running MX Linux on ?

[JayM]

that machine has a keyboard and port configuration that is so annoying I can't stand to use it for production despite it being superior in spec in every other way.

Let me guess: "chicklet" keyboard with very short key travel and very little tactile feedback, and all the USB etc. ports on only one side? My Lenovo laptop's like that. I actually prefer the old HP Pavilion even if it has only a 2 core CPU and slower RAM.

[Gordon Cooper]

Answering the original question: A Toshiba Portege Tablet M700, about 14 years old, or the desktop is a Dell Optiplex, age uncertain but has been updated with an SSD.

[Richard]

Happily running MX 21.1, with Xfce since April 2014, currently on refurbished 2013 Lenovo T430.

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System:    Kernel: 5.10.0-16-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-16-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.16.1 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.1_x64 Wildflower October 5  2021 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 2349DG5 v: ThinkPad T430 serial: <filter> 
           Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: LENOVO model: 2349DG5 serial: <filter> UEFI-[Legacy]: LENOVO 
           v: G1ET92WW (2.52 ) date: 02/14/2013 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 39.6 Wh (96.6%) condition: 41.0/56.2 Wh (73.1%) volts: 12.1 
           min: 10.8 model: LGC 45N1005 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Not charging 
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-3380M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge 
           family: 6 model-id: 3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 21 cache: L2: 3 MiB 
           flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 bogomips: 23148 
           Speed: 1520 MHz min/max: 1200/3600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1520 2: 1451 3: 1549 
           4: 1401 

[Shifu]

Into my third year with MX on my Latitude E6410. (AD 2010!)
-Intel Core i5 M 540
-8 GB
-1TB SSD and a spinning disk in the DVD bay
-Dell docking station for extra ports
-Outputting to the laptop screen and 1920x1080 display set as primary

I'd like a better machine but I have a mortgage to pay off. Anyway this machine works very well and the chassis feels indestructible.

[Huckleberry Finn]

My Goodness ! A party without my "legendary" HP Pavilion ?

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Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: Pavilion dv4000 (EK970EA#AB8) v: N/A 
           serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 309D v: 52.11 serial: <filter> BIOS: Phoenix v: F.21 
           date: 01/18/2007 
CPU:       Info: Single Core model: Intel Pentium M bits: 32 type: MCP arch: M Dothan family: 6 
           model-id: D (13) stepping: 8 microcode: 20 cache: L2: 2 MiB 
           flags: nx pae sse sse2 bogomips: 3458 
           Speed: 1733 MHz min/max: 800/1733 MHz Core speed (MHz): 1: 1733 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 55.89 GiB used: 5.67 GiB (10.1%) 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 8 GiB size: 7.81 GiB (97.65%) used: 5.67 GiB (72.6%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5 
Swap:      Alert: No swap data was found. 
Memory: 1.96 GiB

(Yes, even with no swap )

Lads & Lasses, just have a look at the conky please:

[oops]

I like using sometime my old and small eepc MSI U123 (3 boot partitions , antiX21 or MX21 or Win7)

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$ inxi
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: MICRO-STAR product: MS-N033 v: Ver.0 01
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: MICRO-STAR model: U-123 v: Ver.001 serial: <superuser required>
    BIOS: American Megatrends v: 4.6.3 date: 05/06/2010

  Desktop: IceWM v: 2.9.8 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0
    Distro: MX-21.1_386 Wildflower July 27  2021
    base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)

$ neofetch --config none --off --color_blocks off -v --stdout
--------------- 
OS: MX i686 
Host: MS-N033 Ver.001 
Kernel: 5.17.0-3mx-686-pae 
Uptime: 14 mins 
Packages: 2751 (dpkg) 
Shell: bash 5.1.4 
Resolution: 1024x600 
DE: ICEWM 
WM: IceWM 2.9.8 (Linux/i686) 
WM Theme: VistaBlack_antiX-marron 
Theme: Greybird-mx [GTK2/3] 
Icons: Papirus [GTK2/3] 
Terminal: roxterm 
Terminal Font: Monospace 9 
CPU: Intel Atom N280 (2) @ 1.667GHz 
GPU: Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express 
Memory: 759MiB / 2002MiB 

[rhinomick]

I run a lenovo R61(2008 model) dual core, 2 GB ram and an acer aspire 5738z (2010 model) dual core cpu and 4GB of ram. At this moment they run my mx21openbox respin without any problems!!!I use the acer as my daily driver!!!

[Stevie 57]

MX21 on 2009 Dell Inspiron 1545, dual core, 4Gb RAM. Bit slow to boot up but it's fine once it's up and running. Bit like me, takes me a while to get going in a morning, but I'm ok after a coffee

[karlchen]

Laptop Packard Bell EasyNote LJ75, from 2010, 17" monitor (1600x900 resolution). MX Linux 19.4. - Old laptop, old release.

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System:    Kernel: 4.19.0-21-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 Desktop: Xfce v: 4.14.2 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.5
             info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.14.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-19.4_x64 patito feo February 15  2020
             base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Packard Bell product: EasyNote LJ75 v: V1.05 serial: <superuser required>
           Mobo: Packard Bell model: EasyNote LJ75 v: V1.05 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Packard Bell v: 1.05
             date: 01/05/2010

[palo]

Currently happily running MX-21 with Enlightenment D.E.

Respect the positivity...I'll have to give that a try on a laptop.

It was 2007 when I built this box and while not so powerful it is useful. Web pages load pretty fast and it streams 1080p full screen on my 32 inch monitor nicely. As a bonus, Plasma desktop runs smoothly. It's my go-to when there's work to be done.

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System:    Host: BlackBox Kernel: 5.10.0-16-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.20.5 
           Distro: MX-21.1_KDE_x64 Wildflower April 9  2022 
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core2 Duo E6550 bits: 64 type: MCP cache: L2: 4 MiB 
           Speed: 2320 MHz min/max: 2000/2333 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2320 2: 2312 
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA G84 [GeForce 8600 GT] driver: nvidia v: 340.108 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: loaded: nvidia unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa 
           resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: GeForce 8600 GT/PCIe/SSE2 v: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 340.108 
Info:      Processes: 175 Uptime: 11d 4h 26m Memory: 3.84 GiB used: 1.35 GiB (35.1%) Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.06

This makes me think about how you can run the latest linux system on the oldest hardware just like you can do with Win...oh...nevermind.