linuxmemes @lemmy.world BonerMan @ani.social 21 hr. ago

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I have a Linux Mint running on a intel atom CPU with 256mb ram and no graphics card and it kinda works.

Linuxsucks @lemmy.world powertripper @discuss.online 13 hr. ago

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i love how the ram is connected to the potato, standing straight :) pardon my english
- It must have been a mix-up between "component name" and "how to install".
- Yeah it's just jabbed in end first at the scientifically most chaotic angle.
I think macOS and windows have to swapped 🤔 macyoS seems to run less bloat in background
- Significantly less bloat for sure. I do like that there is the MicroWin project that exists for windows though.
- Yeah ddinitely needs image swap, or this meme would make more semse if it said $ instead of requirements. MacOS is unixy and doesn't require super specs
  
  😁macOS is even more Unix than linux (BSD kernel)
Recent news about running Linux on intel 4004 be like
- Isn't a 4004 a 4-bit ALU?
  
  https://dmitry.gr/?r=05.Projects&proj=35.+Linux4004
  
  Blog post if interested
Potato optional
- I looked into running potatoless ages ago and didn't care for the tradeoffs that come with running hamster wheel. You have to change the potatoes every so often, but at least they don't shit everywhere.
  
  (Oh, I assumed pictured was a potato CPU, not potato PSU)
  
  Anyways, as long as you don't make the mistake of using runny ((s)mashed) potatoes, it should be fairly ez.
  
  Have you ever tried Linux on photosynthesis?
- [Children of the Omnissiah plays]
Apple's requirements should be a pile of money, a big pile of money.
- A pile of money on fire
  
  And then Apple refusing to repair it due to "water damage"
  
  It's funny people still think this, they just replaced nearly my entire M1 MacBook Pro that was completely fucked because of water damage. Literally everything but the display was replaced, I basically have a new computer at the cost of $300+whatever I paid for AppleCare+ when I bought it ($400, I think?), which is significantly cheaper than buying a new one would have been
- True
You can install Linux on a dead badger

http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/articles/installing-linux-on-a-dead-badger-users-notes/
Not to dissect a meme too hard but I'm pretty sure the ram is supposed to go pins down into the potato.
- Yup, but once you do that, it'll run Linux just fine.
- Lightweight distros need less than 1GB of RAM, so you don't need to use the entire RAM.
  
  It is amazing how little you need to have a functional system. I have a OpenMediaVault / minidlna server using NAS ARM board that only has 256MB of RAM, and it isn't using all of it, and doesn't need to swap.
- There are some in the potatoe.
This is a triumph. I'm making a note here, "HUGE SUCCESS".
- Its hard to overstate my satisfaction
- How are you holding up?
  
  Because I am a potato
- It's hard to over-state my satisfaction
  
  Aperture Science, we do what we must because we can.
Missed opportunity to make trashcan joke about macos.
- Trashcan Mac is good tho, as compact and quiet Linux machine it is
  
  They’re almost down to a price where I’d consider picking one up just because I think they look awesome, and are reasonably easy to max out their spec. Trouble is, that maxed out spec might tip its benchmarks over my M2 Macbook. Might.
Hey guys, check out my new mobile Linux rig

Points to gum stuck to bottom of his shoe
- boots
  
  Your username sickens me.
You need to show a better computer for windows
- Its literally a surface product (yes they suck)
  
  I really liked my surface tablet tbh
  
  Oh lol I thought it was a netbook
macOS is a UNIX OS and is far better than Windows on resource management.
- The problem is that Apple doesn't seem to care. They willy nilly change things and restrict basic functions with zero regard for those who want to support or develop for there platforms.
  
  What Apple does with iOS and macOS developers is straight up extortion.
- Nope, you can run winass on worse Mashines than mac, however i still think its incredibly wasteful with resources, but its both of them.
  
  I just recently did this test on an old MacBook Pro 2011 and installed Windows 10, Pop, and macOS in succession. Windows ran like ass and Pop and macOS ran about the same (fine). Settled on Pop for better Steam compatibility. Trust me, Windows is uniquely bad.
As if Apple would give you all that
- No, thats why its the requirements.
  
  They give you the laptop underneath but at the price of 90% the PC, but really good looking. If you want more, throw it in the trash and buy new.
  
  No really I dont think MacOS has big requirements, it simply doesnt officially support most PCs.
I have Linux (OpenWRT) running on a router with 64MB RAM and 16MB of flash storage. And it works flawlessy. Also have Linux on a second WiFi router, my TV (LG WebOS), one phone, a laptop and a computer. (And I forgot about the Raspberry Pi and the VPS.)
- Yeah but those are specifically designed for this. Linux Mint 22 isn't designed to run with what is basically nothing nowadays.
  
  Meh. You're right... However... Most things will run either Doom or Linux (or both). And nobody cares whether they have been designed to do it, or not. 🐧
  
  Intel Atom was already almost nothing when they were first released. They struggled to even run the OS they came with, so much that Windows "Starter" edition was made where you could only run a certain number of programs at once.
  
  A single core Pentium 4 from the previous generation would have probably stomped all the Atoms.
Ah, I see Linux supports breadboards now!
- Nah sadly thats a potato custom. The generic breadboard isn't supported yet due to problems with the closed source of the chipset.
The living room PC is an old Dell that came with windows 7 and was left behind in an apartment when everybody moved out. It also runs Mint.

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