Learning to Make Your Computer Last a Very Long Time

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The majority of all my Android programming, believe it or not, was done on a computer that is 13 years old.  Yes, the hardware is old, but not the software.  After all, I'm running the latest and greatest version of android studio on it.  I'm typing this post at the moment using Ubuntu.  And the cost to maintain this computer was 0$

I'm tired of buying a computer that slows down after one year.  Or not being able to upgrade it after 5 years.  I'm tired of having to buy a computer that cost more than my monthly mortgage, grocery bill, or car payment.  I can't eat it, live in it or drive it, so why pay for it!

Here is my secrete, not really a secret now.

I use Ubuntu.  Ubuntu is a great operating system with low footprint designed to work on old age computers.  And no, you don't have to go through a complicate science experiment to install it. The steps to install it are simple.


  1. Download the image
  2. Create a bootable USB
  3. Boot your computer from USB (usually the F12 Key)
  4. Ubuntu will then boot from your USB key
  5. Select Language
  6. Select Install Ubuntu
  7. Following Installation instructions
  8. Done

If you are doing this on an older laptop, like mine, that is collecting dust in the closet, I recommend you you select the "Erase Drive and Install Ubuntu" option so that you maximise Ubuntu hard drive space.  You can otherwise configure the installation to dual boot between previously installed OS.

The software is great and is always kept up to date.  In fact, the current release of Ubuntu 20.04 will be supported up to 2025.  And the library selection of software is great and rivalling that offered by other popular OS systems.

Hope you enjoyed this post and that you learned something new.

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