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From what I gather, you tried installing them on non-liberated hardware, yes?
That's the first hurdle. Because they use linux-libre instead of their own modified kernel like Trisquel, those two distros won't install properly if you need some sort of proprietary driver. You should always check on h-node your hardware, you might be surprised to learn that most Thinkpads have pretty bad FSF-approved distros rankings by default on that site and might need some tinkering.
I actually didn't try Parabola, but it is certainly the one I'd pick if I went back. Hyperbola, like I said, is too schizo even for me. I personally believe they are stricter than the FSF, the FSF allows PayPal donations for instance while Hyperbola stops updating a package if they commit the sin of having a Discord link on the software.
Anyways, about my experience. I used a Macbook 2,1 to be more specific, so you can check specs.
First thing, web browsing is totally fine, assuming you're using uBlock of course. Never had any issues opening anything, but wouldn't be able to tell you if YouTube works because I didn't try that because Google was Satan to me back then.
Probably doesn't because I remember creating a bash script to use ffmpeg to convert my pirated anime to be playable on a Core2Duo. Videos worked just fine if I did that.
No problem with audio. I remember Bluetooth working but you shouldn't use that anyways.
I never tried videoconferencing on that thing.
I did try some gaming on that setup! OpenMW booted but run at like 10 FPS, same for SuperTuxKart. The machine didn't explode so there's that.
Overall, if you want to use it just as a personal home machine and know what you're getting into, go for it. It really is telling how much of a consumerist society we live in when a 18 year old machine works just fine but you wouldn't know it because everybody wants the new thing.
But if you need a machine for a tech job make sure you have dedicated hardware for that.
