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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).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Usage for Old Notbook (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Life_inst_bad@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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So my wife has a 10 year old low end notbook. 500Gb of storage (HDD), 2GB of GDR3 RAM, and an intel Celeron Processor N2806. It originally came with Win 8, then she "upgraded" to win 10 and after that it was pretty much unusable. I am talking CPU and Ram about 80-90% in idle, opening a browser got everything down to a crawl. She mostly used it a storage and brwosing, watching youtube and occasionally to write. So I (also a Linux newbie) finally got the time to install a newbie friendly Os (Fedora) and it's so much better! I am Talking 20%CPU usage and 50%(?) RAM in idle.

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[–] Life_inst_bad@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Can confirm: after the 6th tab while shopping for upgrades everything went to slow motion.

[–] npmstart_pray@lemmy.fmhy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Those Atom processors don’t have the power to be much more than an in-car navigation system with MP3 playback. Forget actual web surfing. You’re actually better off with a RasPi imho.

[–] MaoWasRight@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Dammit, I came in here because I was hoping there was something I could do with my old paperweight. I keep it around cuz it's cute lol

[–] npmstart_pray@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

It can be cute and still functional in a limited way…

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