Comment by 🚀 Phosphors-ghost
Re: "I have a late-2010s ThinkPad running OpenBSD, but it's…"
I’m running openbsd on my VPS right now, probably trying FreeBSD again on the micro desktop when 15 gets released shortly (I was burned by their build system being broken last time I tried in the spring.) On my Thinkpad, I’m running alpine Linux. Yes! The setup-alpine and setup-desktops can build a system incredibly fast, it can run in various “from ram” modes, and is very BSD-like (no systemd), but benefits from the Linux hardware support. It’s a little weird, but the fastest think I’ve tried.
2025-09-12 · 8 months ago
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☕️ dce [OP] · 2025-09-12 at 15:24:
@Phosphors-ghost If my new Slackware installation fails for whatever reason, which isn't unlikely, I'll give it a shot!
🚀 stack · 2025-09-12 at 16:22:
As I pointed out before, I am running Ubuntu on an i5 t470 with 16GB, and it works like a charm -- I use it as my dev machine.
additional 8GB = $10-20. Well worth it.
Original Post
I have a late-2010s ThinkPad running OpenBSD, but it's about as fast as a snail carrying heavy shopping through molasses. I'd like to run something other than Linux, for variety, but the other members of the BSD family failed for various reasons. What OS do you guys think I should try? Note: The machine in question has 8GB of RAM and an SSD. UPDATE: I am now running Slackware with Window Maker. However, further suggestions are still appreciated.