TESTS // PROBLEMS // DISCOVERIES // EXPERIMENTS
Short notes from the lab covering hardware problems, Linux experiments, unboxings, troubleshooting, benchmarks and interesting things I discover along the way.
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Free Software in the Mail – FSFE Sticker Pack
A few days ago, I got in touch with the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE). Today, an envelope from Berlin arrived at OpenBootLab, filled with stickers, Free Software material and a few other surprises.
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HP Mini 110 in 2026 -Atom Netbook with antiX Linux
The HP Mini 110 comes from an era when netbooks were everywhere. These tiny and inexpensive computers were designed for basic browsing, writing and accessing the internet while travelling.
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My €90 Used Laptop Haul
I was only looking for one cheap laptop, but somehow I ended up buying a bundle of four older machines for €95. The haul included a Lenovo ThinkPad SL510, Dell Inspiron 1545, Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Pro V3545, and a tiny HP Mini 110. Even better, all four turned out to be working.
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Can the Xiaomi Redmi A3 Run Linux?
LAB NOTE 002 // ANDROID // LINUX REDMI A3 // TERMUX // DEBIAN // PROOT SEPTEMBER 2026 I had a spare Xiaomi Redmi A3 sitting around and started wondering if it could be turned into something more useful. The idea was simple: can this cheap Android phone run a Linux environment, and could it eventually…
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Getting the Radeon R9 280X Working on Modern Linux
Getting an old AMD R9 280X running with AMDGPU and RADV on modern Arch Linux, and the troubleshooting that led to the final configuration.