Linux on a Tiny Potato

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-extremely underpowered -almost no memory -can barely run oh look, it's me!

My dad tried to get me to ask for one back in the day... I told him it was trash, and his argument was "it's only $99!". Glad we didn't get it!

That speaks to the flexibility of Linux and the incredible and tireless work of open source community.

In Italy (around 2011-12) this crappy little thing was gifted by Giordano Vini if you placed a large order of wine bottles. I installed slatedroid (a custom version of android gingerbread) following a guide for this specific model and managed to run simple apps like email, facebook and youtube. Still better than the joke of CE that was pre-installed.

>sudo eject mmcblk0 thinkpad aggressively ejects sdcard at high velocity

This is the kind of computer that someone will bring into my job and scream at me to FIX IT but won't listen to any advice about upgrading

"When we find garbage around here, we install Linux on it." This is the way.

Here I thought Debian 12 on the early 2000s Dell Inspiron my grandma used to own was "modern Linux on a potato"

I like potatoes. Especially with cheese. Delicious.

BTW. If I had a Lisa, I would donate it to the channel. I have too many computer. I asked every youtuber at VCF (that I actually talked to) what their white whale is and nobody mentioned anything I had. I am working on cataloging my collection. When I'm done, I'll share the catalog and see if there's anything people actually want. I don't have the ability to "curate" them all. Getting a second storage unit was the sign. So I need to start finding homes for these things. It was a pleasure meeting you. Thank you so much for taking the time to humor a fan. You guys come into our houses so frequently it feels like you are a part of our lives; so it's nice to get to actually meet you in person. We really do look up to you guys for all of the hard work you do and the knowledge you share.

They say "one man's trash is another man's treasure". As it turns out, this is is that other man's YouTube channel.

"just let me die" Hey why, you've given him a second chance to live ! (wow so many likes)

Windows: requires an 8th gen CPU to be supported average Linux experience: Complete desktop environment using 36mb of ram

The browser tab I'm using to watch this video in 720p is taking up 16x the amount of total RAM in that device.

I feel for this little laptop. It's a tool waiting for a Sylvania-sized problem.

Years back a friend of mine had one of of these and I ended up installing Android 2.2 on it. Made it quite a lot more useful than Windows CE

I almost bought one of those back in the day. I knew it was garbage, even then, but the thought of having such a tiny and cheap PC to run linux on was tempting. I ended up picking up a more substantial netbook for probably quadruple the cost, but it was lovely while it lasted.

I suspect part of the reason for the poor performance is that it is not accessing the SD card with a high speed interface. If it has USB 2, you could try using the SD card bootloader to boot a USB drive and see if it's faster. It's probably swapping a lot, though, so it might wear down some of those flash devices with block erases.

That's the fist time I see Dillo not loading in a split second XD