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by papersail 16 days ago
I used to collect old hardware and try to install NetBSD/OpenBSD on them. For me, a lot of the fun was the "challenge accepted" aspect. Getting them to boot and work on some weird and obsolete machines felt like winning a small battle.
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Agreed. And I always learn a lot as well.

Bringing up new software on old hardware is kind of like learning how assembly language works while the “why not use a Pi” approach is more like writing it in Python.

They both have their place but, to me, the “I will never understand” crowd is missing out.