Everyone in HN has this ability Perfect time to use it

Don't invent a title.

Real title: "How to make an old computer useful again"

Thanks for the tip. :) I ll keep that in mind. Any thoughts on the subject?

I fixed an old 2006 macbook pro for my 3 year old with Ubuntu 18.0 . She watch cartoons and have fun decorating her own machine. It took a couple of ours but there are tons of tips online.

I have a couple old laptops(and phones) lying around and was wondering is there some simple way to just use their Screens from a single Ubuntu desktop?

That is a cool idea too, found :https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-reuse-the-old-LCD-Sc... seems you need a driver that would cost around €30

That is cool. Wish I had the hardware chops though.

I'll have to take a sw approach like so - https://askubuntu.com/questions/136942/extend-desktop-to-mon...