Foster Hangdaan

@Foster Hangdaan@lemmy.fosterhangdaan.com
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Just a random person who likes building software and configuring Linux.

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You can try turning it into a retro gaming station by installing RetroPie. Some have got it working on as little as a Pi Zero. Of course, that laptop won't be able to run the more demanding emulators.

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Probably or probably not. The only way to find out is to try. I've installed RetroPie on a number of old laptops; the oldest one being a 2002 Toshiba laptop. I got to play GBA games just fine with it.

If you need S3-compliant storage for testing and development, you can use an S3 mock server. I've tried the following for use in web development and CI environments, they are lightweight and configurable:

There is also Localstack. I found this one to be a bit more complex than the ones above and ended up not sticking with it.