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    Using an Old (2 years old) windows Laptop in place of raspberry pi.

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    • J Offline
      jakef0523
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      I’ve only just discovered magic mirror and i would like to build one, I have an old laptop that I don’t use anymore, i switched to OSX, and was wondering if/how I could use the laptop instead of buying a new system, I have all the parts to build one already, I’m just unable to find a guide where I could find a way to use the pc instead.

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        Install linux on the laptop, and then install magicmirror using the manuall installation as found here.
        https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror
        Perhaps there will be some glitches because MagicMirror was designed for raspberry pi but I did it with an old laptop for testing purpose and it worked fine. Currently I am working with magicmirror on a windows machine, and here i get a lot more glitches because i cant install the same programs (“sudo apt-get” doesnt exist ;)

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          johnnyboy @mortenbirkelund
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            mortenbirkelund @johnnyboy
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            @johnnyboy missing something.
            I’ve tried it on a Linux laptop and a Windows laptop.
            On Linux it worked good, but on the windows machine partially worked, as I am limited by the fact that some of the programs that are needed can’t be installed as they only works on Linux.

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              Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @johnnyboy
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              @johnnyboy said in Using an Old (2 years old) windows Laptop in place of raspberry pi.:

              Im confused…

              I know. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

              I, too, started with a Windows machine, but it is possible to install MM and get it running, just in a roundabout way.

              Then I installed uBuntu on a laptop and installed MM and that went quite smoothly.

              You want the best of both worlds? When you install uBuntu on a PC or laptop there is an option to install it alongside of Windows, making it a dual boot machine.

              Create a working config
              How to add modules

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