Don’t throw away your old Laptop! Make MagicMirror instead

Hi all. Do you have an old laptop that is just collecting dust? Maybe it’s not working properly. Audio out not working, some keyboard keys, trackpad, overheating, hard disk not working… You don’t know why you didn’t throw that laptop a long time away, but it is still collecting dust. So, please don’t throw away … Read more

Clone HDD to smaller SSD on Linux

Starting point How to speed up your old Windows laptop? Simply, install Linux and upgrade hard drive to solid state drive. First, let’s try Linux. My choice of Linux flavor is Ubuntu 18.04. It is currently installed on old HP Compaq nc6400 (https://support.hp.com/rs-en/document/c00685510). After installation of Ubuntu on laptops larger HDD (Toshiba 1TB), we can … Read more