I was able to boot up one of my recent acquisitions for the first time last night, since I've now got its power cable: a Lenovo Thinkpad T61, from 2006. 2 GHz Core 2 Duo, integrated graphics, and 4 GB of RAM. Can't put storage into it without a disk caddy, but I can at least boot some things from USB to ensure the thing still functions; namely, Haiku (a build from 2024) and Linux Mint 22.3 (it's what I had on hand). Alas, it froze during the Quake test, so I'll hold off on any further.
Once I _do_ get that caddy, I've got a drive already picked out for it that already contains a Windows XP install, but I'm pondering what I should try putting on it instead. I've never messed with a BSD before and maybe this should be the time that I give that a try.
@effika Windows is boring and Linux isn't weird enough for me anymore, it's either that or I try to force feed it OS/2 😅
@wildweasel I like that we're all going "well BSD might not be ideal for this but neither was Linux 20 years ago"