Not sure if you know, but you can setup links to pipe images (and whatever other media you want) to external programs through the Associations menu.

Afterwards pressing Enter or I when an image is selected, a new option “open” will appear.

lemmy works fine as is in a browser and sdf also hosts the ‘old’ variant, which works without js (fairly usable in text browsers too)

https://old.lemmy.sdf.org

Never looked into any clients, I’m afraid.

No problem. I think it’s good practice that can very well make you realize that obsolete machines aren’t really that obsolete.

I use a thinkpad x220.

PPS: here’s my guide on luakit, describing the js on demand and adblocking: https://portal.mozz.us/gopher/triapul.cz/0/phlog/2023-05-18-shortys-luakit-guide.txt

Frankly, I use links2 for most of my web browsing even on my daily driver (which would by many be considered vintage anyway) and use Firefox for websites that wouldn’t work otherwise, that I absolutely need.

It’s good practice to get used to light software from all walks of life, one might come to realize they don’t need the fancy stuff in their life to use computers.

Good luck.

PS: There’s the #oldcomputerchallenge channel on libera.chat you might want to visit. Many people there who live this lo-end lifestyle on a day-to-day basis, who’d be happy to help.

You correctly pointed out the seemingly only problem, which is indeed internet browsing. In some rare cases you might get away with something like Firefox with disabled javascript, supposing you max out the RAM. But you should look at other light browsers that will make it more viable.

My go-to browser on old machines is luakit, configured to render javascript on demand. When a website you want to visit doesn’t work without javascript, you enable it just for that website and cross your fingers it doesn’t crash. With js disabled, you can browser normally.

Also become friends with FOSS front-ends to popular corpo services. Forget youtube, use invidious (works without js), forget fandom, use breeze wiki, etc. (see https://farside.link for a list of front-ends)

One other thing you need is patience. A lot of it.

thank you for inspecting my images

https://occ.deadnet.se

That’s up to you :) The idea is to challenge yourself.

Love to see another T-series in the fray!

Very pretty machine. What are the specs? And what OS will you run on it?

The T40 series. Everything afterwards, even though it still had the IBM logo was made by lenovo

sure, the CEO-president of the GovCorp.

it’s the techno-mage of the open clan and his student

that is kind of the premise of the techno-mage’s story 🤔 !unix_surrealism@lemmy.sdf.org