Well...

Yeah, I did it again...  I found another clunker laptop to add to the "fleet."  I tripped across this one a while back, and was able to snag it for a really low price.  It's another Toshiba, a Satellite L305D with an AMD Turion X2 processor, 3 GB of RAM, and a 250 GB hard drive.  Not exactly cutting edge, but...  And, unlike the last Satellite I picked up, this one is in great condition.  Only a little wear on the keyboard.

Came to me with Windows 7 on it, which went the way of the dodo very quickly.

I had in mind to put Linux Lite on it, which may come as a surprise to those who remember my last go 'round with that distro.  However, probably to the surprise of many, I actually like that OS.  It has trouble with some of my Thinkpads, but runs fine on my older Toshiba.

However...

Yeah, I did.  When I went looking for my LL disk, I couldn't immediately find it.  So, I grabbed something else.

Netrunner.

I thought, what the heck, I'll give it a try.  Second chances are all the rage these days.

And so, apparently, are repeat performances.  Other people swear by Netrunner, but I can only swear at it.  It runs perfectly (if slowly) from live boot, but when it's fully installed to the hard drive...  aaaAAARRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!

Luckily, I found my 64-bit version of Linux Lite just as I was about to approach internal self-combustion...  A quick installation later, and ka-ZAM!  I was up and running.  I was also testing a new battery I got for the system (a 9 cell, replacing the 6 cell the system came with), and all seems well.  It's giving good performance.

I think I'm going to gently begin retiring the older Toshiba Satellite, and move this one into its slot.  And bring Linux Lite up into my front line OS list (alongside OS X, Puppy, and CrunchBang).  I think it'll work quite well.

I'll give it a workout over the weekend, and see how things go...