Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: AI Is Killing Some Legacy Hardware Support Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:27:28 -0700 Organization: A place where nothing fits quite right Lines: 21 Message-ID: <20260428082728.0000457a@gmail.com> References: <10sbn6f$2kkkk$8@dont-email.me> <69ea9ec7@news.ausics.net> <69eb2a5f@news.ausics.net> <10skbd3$1cssv$3@dont-email.me> <10skfk3$93hh$1@news1.tnib.de> <10skglm$1ej2r$1@dont-email.me> <69ee94fe@news.ausics.net> <10snd8b$29c0d$2@dont-email.me> <20260427121054.00003218@gmail.com> <69efe7b1@news.ausics.net> <10spsoo$30uh9$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:27:31 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6e8fb2228e5813e338c6f59cd079ef3a"; logging-data="3396386"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX196QsBPOFB7fpOoz19jbb300w6j7bNaM+0=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:nwpzHlw9+WpjrLTMFwtcNFdlUWc= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:85995 On Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:56:56 +0100 The Natural Philosopher wrote: > Well, those of us who have tried to run Linux with a GUI and a > browser on a 1GB machine know whet we are talking about and what you > clearly do not Depends on the GUI - the freenix world has *plenty* of lighter-weight options than the megalithic whizbang duzitall GNOME/KDE type everything- suites. I find WindowMaker and SpaceFM on my "portable typewriter" (an Asus Eee 904 with 1GB RAM) perfectly comfortable, and those aren't even particularly bare-bones. Adding a browser to the criteria changes the equation, and it greatly depends on what kind of sites you're trying to browse, but there are still options. ELinks and Netsurf do me just fine for static sites (and even in this day and age, more places than you'd think will function without JS,) and while fancier stuff is more of a challenge, it'll still handle Chromium and webnovel sites (e.g. ScribbleHub) with only a bit of panting and wheezing. Good enough for my purposes!