This is impressive. Its amazing how well GNU/Linux (Debian in this case) can run on low-ram systems, especially if you don't use systemd.
this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2025
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How is web browsing on that system? I see you're using the Mullvad browser. Does is play videos well on that system with such little ram?
It's decent, and video playback works just fine (only tested with Invidious on this iteration; previous Linux and BSD installs varied on this machine). There are browsers that would be faster, but Mullvad is really the only viable option for my threat model. Oddly, the internet speed is far faster on this official LXQt install than it was on the Trinity spin I used to use.
- Distro: Devuan 5 ("Daedalus")
- Init System: sysvinit
- Desktop: LXQt (X11)
- Window Manager: Openbox
- Fetch: Hyfetch
- GTK/Qt Theme: DarkCold
- Icon Theme: Crystal Remix
- Cursor Theme: Wonderland
- LXQt Theme: kvantum
- Openbox Theme: Onyx
- Zsh Theme: gentoo
- Browser: Mullvad Browser
- Terminal: QTerminal
- Shell: Zsh
- Editor: micro
- Pager: most
There is nothing more fun than pushing old tech to new limits, and this is comfy.
You've got my 2011 Mac mini beat! I think thats rocking 4gb (basically just gcompris for my kids)
hyfetch as a fetch?
Yes. I am using the abrosexual flag and fastfetch as a backend. I installed hyfetch using pipx, so fastfetch is included. I am also using the neofetch-style config from the Git repo.
Looks great! Love the retro vibes and the fun fetch! Always wanted to give LXQt a try and this might have convinced me.
Thanks! Skeuomorphism just looks friendlier than that flat stuff, in my opinion. I'm also a nostalgia junkie.
LXQt is nice. I wouldn't recommend Lubuntu, though, so I'd say try it with Debian or Arch instead.