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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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Just wanted to show off the lowest end hardware I ever ran Linux on (lemmy.ml)

submitted 22 hours ago by merci3@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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 😄

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[–] twinnie@feddit.uk 16 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I rushed to the comments when I saw a 1.6ghz CPU being called low end but I see OPs already been dealt with. I remember the first ever 1ghz CPU being an overclocked nitrogen cooled AMD Athlon. Me and my mates were all talking about it when it happened.

[–] merci3@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

But why would a 1.6 ghz, single core CPU not be low end in 2025? Perfomance itself is very sluggish, and it has only been able to do very simple offline tasks for now. Yeah, yeah, many people used to run 512mb ram and 500mhz cpu setups.. But that was in 2000 and whatever.

[–] merci3@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

[–] madnificent@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

The post title says "ever" rather than "2025". It's cool for 2025 and we may get some interesting others, but many here will have ran it on something slower at some point.

[–] merci3@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

Yes, the title say lowest I ever ran That was the lowest for me, I really don't get the confusion. And even then, a celeron m 380 was lower end even for it's own time