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 😄

  • Eugenia@lemmy.mlEnglish
    9·
    14 小时前

    Are you using systemd? Because 317 MB of RAM is really low for a normal Debian installation with XFce. At my mom’s 2 GB ram laptop, it uses 850 MB on a cold boot.

    • LeFantome@programming.dev
      6·
      14 小时前

      It is because it is 32 bit. You can run a 32 bit distro on your machine too if you really want.

      You can get a full Trinity desktop on Q4OS in 130 MB of RAM (32 bit edition).

      • Eugenia@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        14 小时前

        I don’t think the difference between 32bit and 64bit is 2x in memory sizes, it’s way less than that. I run Q4OS, it runs at 350 MBs here.

        • LeFantome@programming.dev
          1·
          10 小时前

          Are you running Trinity or KDE?

          Not sure why I get so much less unless it is that. Or are you saying you run Trinity 64 bit?

          I agree that 32 bit is not often going to be 50% less in practice. Sometimes I think we should be running 64 bit kernels with 32 bit userland.

          • Eugenia@lemmy.mlEnglish
            1·
            54 分钟前

            Trinity of course. That’s the point of low end computing with Q4OS. :)