December Days 2021 #21: Making Old Tech Work Again

[Welcome to December Days, where I natter on about things organized around a theme (sometimes very loosely), one a day, for 31 days. This year, we're taking a look back at some touchpoints along the way of my journey with computing and computing devices.]

• CPU: Intel Atom N270 @ 1.6 GHz


• Memory: 1 GB RAM


• Graphics: Intel Integrated GMA 950, max resolution 1024x768


• Sound: Onboard sound with stereo speaker capabilities, connected to headphones through 3.5" jack


• Inputs/Peripherals: Keyboard with trackpad and two buttons for left and right mouse click (Integrated), 100MBit Ethernet port, 3.5" microphone input jack, 2 total USB 2.0 ports, IEEE 802.11 b/g/n, SD card reader, integrated 1.3MP webcam


• Storage: 160 GB Hard Disk Drive


• OS: Windows XP → Slackware-based Slax Linux (Slax is now Debian-based) → Slackware-based Puppy Linux → #! (Crunchbang) Linux → BunsenLabs Linux (current)

( Nora and Pyrrha, netbooks extraordinaire )