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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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[Request] lightweight distro (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For a old laptop with Intel atom processor and I think 2gb ram.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Also, I'll just mention that it all means nothing as soon as you open a browser window. Then all your RAM is gonna be used up anyway.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can I introduce you to Lynx?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Sure, play your youtube videos on Lynx.

We all know that's one of the main things people use browsers for, that's not work, these days. ;)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I oftentimes play youtube videos in mpv.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Downloading videos via yt-dlp and playing via MPV will not take all the RAM. And Firefox with uBlock Origin can be set to hard mode to block scripts, or even nightmare mode for a barebones no JS experience.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Downloading videos via yt-dlp and playing via MPV will not take all the RAM

Depends on how big the video is and how large you have your mpv buffer set to ;)

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

A buffer of upto 1 minute will always work fine. MPV defaults are fine. Browser will always be worse, no matter what. (Playing to the bait...)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Honestly, I don't even use Lynx