#vintagehardware — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #vintagehardware, aggregated by home.social.
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ZDNet: How I turned my ancient Windows PC into a Chromebook for free – with FydeOS. “FydeOS is a Linux-based OS that looks and feels just like ChromeOS, down to the Material Me design. It includes background updates (so you don’t have to worry about remembering to update), seamlessly supports web, Android, and Linux apps, boots in 8 seconds, uses read-only access and ‘virus armour’ for hardened […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/28/zdnet-how-i-turned-my-ancient-windows-pc-into-a-chromebook-for-free-with-fydeos/ -
TechCrunch: Users turn to jailbreaking their older Kindles as Amazon ends support. “Many people are jailbreaking their Kindles following the news that Amazon is ending technical support for older models…. The move means users will only be able to use their devices to read content that’s already downloaded. So, naturally, people are jailbreaking them.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/18/techcrunch-users-turn-to-jailbreaking-their-older-kindles-as-amazon-ends-support/ -
Repairing a Commodore 1541 Floppy Drive on Adrian's Digital Basement
#Commodore64 #C64 #Commodore1541 #C1541 #RetroComputing #VintageHardware #AdriansDigitalBasement #FloppyDriveRepair
https://theoasisbbs.com/repairing-a-commodore-1541-floppy-drive-on-adrians-digital-basement/?feed_id=1285&_unique_id=6790fb15073bc -
Alright, so it's going to be one of *those* days, huh? 😜
#computermuseum #computerhistory #slovenia #ljubljana #softwareheritage #digitalheritage #nostalgia #nostalgie #nostalgi #retrocomputing #vintagehardware #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputing
