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I see posts talking about good BIFL items but I don't hear much about the other side of products that are bad or products you bought but don't even use.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Eww, removing Windows was the first thing I did. It's running Manjaro and was my first jump into Linux actually.

Revive? No, but it's the life support it needed.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Maybe turn it into a Chromebook?

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That sounds fun, but I was (and still am) an idiot and locked myself out on the bios. I've reset locks on bios before, but as I've discovered recently, Acer found out you can charge people for the privilege instead.

At that point, I'll simply use this as a learning experience and continue exploring Arch. Another bevi of copium for me, please.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Acer

This is how i know that purchase was ill-advised.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Livin' the fool's journey :')