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Re:The Old Computer Challenge by anthk on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @05:32PM (#27765954)
You understimate what we accomplished with 512MB of RAM in early 00's. Use a lightweight DE, or no DE at all.

I use cwm+st under Void and OpenBSD and it flies.

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Re:The Old Computer Challenge by zozbot234 on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @05:57PM (#27766176)
Yes, 512MB might still be usable with a 32-bit distro, as was used in the early 2000s.
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Re:The Old Computer Challenge by anthk on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @09:03PM (#27767466)
My Athlon had 256MB and it ran Kopete and KDE3 fine.
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Re:The Old Computer Challenge by deepdmistry on Thursday July 08, 2021 @06:52AM (#27770355)
I had 128 and was still fine, in fact I remember the first day i felt it was so fast lol
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Re:The Old Computer Challenge by technothrasher on Thursday July 08, 2021 @08:45PM (#27779391)
My old Sun 3/60 ran X11R4 with twm just fine in 24MB... and I had to walk up hill to school in the snow, both ways!
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