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System Requirements are a SCAM | Action Retro (www.youtube.com)

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This Sun UNIX Workstation from 2005 might be the oldest possible PC that can run Windows 11.

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[–] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Meanwhile, I can run modern linux on a first gen Pentium, and many mainstream distros still support the Pentium Pro.

[–] da_hooman_husky@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The way I see it, in the past, Microsoft kept things closed source so that nobody would copy them.. now I think they have to keep it closed so we can’t see why the heck it has crazy minimum requirements (4gb ram minimum..?) when a functioning operating system used to just require only megabytes of ram.. I’m guessing when you have qualified people all over the world working on all these different distros (sometimes literally just for fun) it’s bound to outperform the insanely declining quality of work coming out of these behemoth tech companies..

I used to work for Amazon in Seattle and it was amazing how little you can know and be called a “senior developer”.. a lot of the staff was circulated through all the local tech companies (to include Microsoft).. my favorite thing I once heard was “ugh wait this has windows, I think I need at least a Mac or something so I can run python”. 🙄

[–] Pixel@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

What's a good distro for this that is well supported?

[–] Ashiette@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

You can go for a really minimal install of Arch or Gentoo with no DE

[–] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 6 days ago

If you have a Pentium Pro I.e a i686, you have a few options. Debian, Slackware, Puppy Linux, Damn Small Linux and antiX are the first that come to mind. If you have an original Pentium you’re probably stuck with Tiny Core Linux.

Of course, you could also spend about $20 and get yourself a vastly more powerful computer like a RaspberryPi Zero.