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Single core, 32 bit CPU, can't even do video playback on VLC. But it kinda works for some offline work, like text editing, and even emulation through zsnes! It's crazy how Linux keeps old hardware like this running.

Thankfully though, this laptop CPU is upgradable, and so is the ram, so I'm planning on revitalizing and bringing this old Itautec to the 21st century πŸ˜„

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[–] zquestz@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Older machines running Xfce brings me joy.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Xfce on Debian is my preferred flavor these days - regardless of machine power.

[–] EchoSnail@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Ubuntu 12 on an Intel atom 270m with an nvidia chip set with 125mb ram lol

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Those Tualatin core CPUs were absolutely fantastic. They doubled them and made the Core2. I had one running for 10+ years. I don't know what it was about the bios but it was the fastest boot PC I ever built.

[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

the theme tricked me into thinking this is Cinnamon

[–] merci3@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I got the icons and themes directly from a Mint install on another machine (cause I couldnt find these online) 😁

[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I am pretty sure it's in mint-artwork package

[–] merci3@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is it avaiable on debian repos?

[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 month ago

There is a deb

[–] vfreire85@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

brazil mentioned! does itautec still makes pc's?

[–] merci3@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Not sure, but this one is a 2007 piece of art

Pretty sure my dad's secondary desktop I used for my first Linux install had a 1.2 GHz Duron or something and 512 MB. I'm pretty sure I got that funky compiz fusion 3D-cube desktop running on there πŸ˜…

[–] phantomwise@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Thanks, I feel a lot better about my potato-grade laptop now 😁

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