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From: John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: What old Linux distro to run on a old Pentium III PC?
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On 24 Jun 2025 09:03:51 +1000
not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) wrote:

> You can run an email client and web browser on a Commodore 64, it's
> the popular ones that are insanely bloated which are the trouble.
> Dillo runs excellently on mine. With the RAM upgraded to 2GB
> Firefox (with about:config tweaks and NoScript) is usable for
> occasional tasks as well actually.

The original EeePC was a bit anemic, but once they incorporated the
second-generation Atom CPUs things were much better. My Eee 904HA did
just fine as a daily driver 'til around 2013-2014. Still use it (well,
its replacement) as a portable typewriter; nobody but *nobody* solved
the laptop-hinge problem like Asus did on those first Eee generations.