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[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've never experienced major slowdowns when running Linux on old laptops. It helps that OS fragmentation appears to be a problem exclusive to Windows

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Fragmentation is only an issue if you run a HDD.