That’s an excellent idea. “Fun activity for the kids” is a great way to get the ball rolling. If the ball doesn’t get rolling, you’ll still have a pleasant afternoon and it won’t be awkward.

Or he could just show up at her house, naked and all lubed up. Outcome would probably be about the same.

You had me at cats.

On a Z80?

Extra spicy!

Yes please.

Well, as long as I don’t have a stroke or something, I won’t turn into a right-winger. So trans it is then, I guess

I use Mint because I’m lazy.

All you need is a bunch of lava lamps and a camera.

That’s not saying much, is it?

Last Samsung phone I had was an S7. Nice phone but the uninstallable crapware put me off Samsung forever.

And in the extra premium tier you get predictions on the future development of real estate prices in relation to climate change.

So when would it be appropriate to talk about the causes of the increasing frequency of natural disasters in your opinion?

Time to ban talking about climate change!

My router can limit access time but I’m not sure if it’s on a device by device basis. Might be worth checking.

Here’s a video with some good builds at different price points. That should be a decent starting point.

https://youtu.be/8tUM-miOzBA?si=BNjOJeY3Qi_HbdyV

But does it run Doom?

Chances are she won’t even notice if you put Linux on her machine. My wife certainly didn’t. I tried to explain the concept of different OSs to her but she didn’t care. The Firefox icon looks a bit different, but that was the only thing she noticed.

I’m a big fan of Mint. It’s great for beginners but also for anyone who just wants to run their PC with minimal hassle. Considering those are pretty low power machines, I’d go for the Xfce editions too. Personally, I think Xfce is a bit sparse but it runs well on older hardware.

There are also a few distros specifically for older hardware, but I don’t have experience with those. I’d suggest starting with Mint and seeing how that goes.

I would always start all conversations with my friends with “Hey Windows peasants!” If I had any friends. These two things have nothing whatsoever to do with each other.