I recently got a 10 dollar working netbook from a thiftstore. It has 2 ram and is from 2010 but isint the up-gradable version. Im wondering what os to run on it do i go with something like a android build or a linux setup? Im could also use some neat use cases. Ive thought about doing retro game on it but there are possible better solutions?

  • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    1 day ago

    It’s not hard to make Linux run on 2GB of RAM. The hard part is getting a web browser to run on 2GB without constantly swapping.

    • Lemmchen@feddit.orgEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Define Linux. The most basic kernel for a given hardware set, a console emulator and a lightweight alternative libc busybox package? Yes.
      An up-to-date desktop suite? Hardly so.

      • ☂️-@lemmy.ml
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        10 hours ago

        Define Linux.

        any distro with a lightweight desktop suite: xfce, lxqt, openbox, twms like sway…

        as the guy said, internet browsing is more of a challenge, but can work on lightweight browsers, or if you limit ourself to just a couple of tabs.