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?

  • Sina@beehaw.org
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    14 days ago

    Bunsenlab Linux I suppose, but do know if it’s the single core atom version web browsing will be very slow and YT will only work in 240p after spending 10 minutes loading and you gotta use Chrome.

    Mine has a Windows XP dualboot for retro gaming and Office 2007 flies on this thing. (Though it’s not very compatible with newer versions of office)

    Retro gaming is the best use case including ps1 emulation. I’ve been thinking of putting native dos on it, because some dos games are lagging in dosbox. (like imperium galactica 1 and even Prehistoric 2…)

  • HelloRoot@lemy.lolEnglish
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    17 days ago

    My arch linux with KDE only uses 500Mb ram after boot and I have a handfull of apps in the autostart. So I would guess with some explicitly lighter desktop environment you can be well below 100Mb

    If you have a chance to add an ssd or nvme you could allocate a decently sized swap partition and let the OS handle the rest.

    Maybe you won’t be able to watch full HD youtube in big fat chrome browser, but otherwise it should work just fine I think.