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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Best os choices and use cases for a netbook with 2ram? (leminal.space)

submitted 1 week ago by GrumpyCat@leminal.space to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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?

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[–] mustbe3to20signs@feddit.org 7 points 1 week ago

Yes, 2 gigs seem laughable compared to more recent devices but I'm still running an Acer C720 Chromebook with 2 GB RAM as my couch PC/digital typewriter. EndeavourOS plus Plasma and Librewolf (with UBlock Origin and a tab deactivation addon) provide an okay browsing experience and editing documents is rather smooth. Saving said documents may sometimes require it an extra moment to think, especially on larger files.
Even some basic image editing with GIMP and some light 2010ish video games through wine are no problem.

The CPU feels like the bigger bottleneck on my system (maybe to blame on ZRAM).