Message-ID: <69f138e2@news.ausics.net> From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) Subject: Re: AI Is Killing Some Legacy Hardware Support Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc 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> User-Agent: tin/2.6.5-20251224 ("Glenury") (Linux/2.4.31 (i586)) NNTP-Posting-Host: news.ausics.net Date: 29 Apr 2026 08:46:58 +1000 Organization: Ausics - https://newsgroups.ausics.net Lines: 32 X-Complaints: abuse@ausics.net Path: csiph.com!news.bbs.nz!news.ausics.net!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:86001 The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 27/04/2026 23:48, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: >> That's the CPU the newest laptop I use uses, an old Thinkpad with >> lots of features you don't get with the new ones. You can easily >> run Linux with its 3GB RAM, and in fact far less. I mean they're >> still selling Raspberry Pi Zeros (and Zero 2s) with 512MB RAM to >> run Linux on ( > > But not a GUI desktop I've run X on a RPi Zero, and it can display a remote Firefox window running on a PC with more RAM. Firefox will also run on the RPi Zero itself (I think v145 was the most recent one I tested, on a RPi Zero 2), but you do run out of RAM quickly on sites that need Javascript. Dillo, Links, etc. will run fine. >> actually you can still boot it with 20MB RAM or >> less), so nobody's really thinking about these dumb statements that >> Linux would never run on laptops with PCMCIA anyway. I basically >> read it as "doesn't affect me so piss off!". > > 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 I guess you're probably trying to run the latest Linux MINT on it or something. I run JWM for a window manager and do most of my web browsing in Dillo, ragardless of how much RAM the PC I'm using has. For that, it's not a problem. -- __ __ #_ < |\| |< _#