• PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de
    21·
    3 days ago

    Even with a tiny OS and desktop, 2GB RAM is gonna fill up super fast. Modern websites are bloated af, there’s no browser in the world that can fix that

    • db2@lemmy.world
      5·
      3 days ago

      Haiku would scream on that, but I’m not sure on the browser situation. On any OS any browser lately is a memory hog.

  • deadcade@lemmy.deadca.de
    21·
    3 days ago

    This is an absolutely bottom of the barrel machine nowadays. You’ll be able to run Linux on it, but nothing is going to run “fast”. Especially not a webbrowser with modern websites.

    If you’re actually considering using this machine, the two most important upgrades you can make are SSD instead of HDD, and a bit more RAM (8GB if possible). With the ~2011-2012 CPU (judging by the release date of the iGPU listed) and the mentioned upgrades, you should have a usable (although slow) workstation for light tasks. Without the upgrades, be prepared to wait for things to load.

  • Fatur.New@lemmy.mlEnglish
    8·
    3 days ago

    Disable javascript by using ublock origin. I also suggest using a lightweight UI like Xfce or LXQT and 32-bit Linux OS

    I am sorry if my english is bad

    • IEatDaFeesh@lemmy.world
      71·
      3 days ago

      Because the hardware is obviously underspecced for any browser. I doubt they could even run a modern OS with a light DE. You’d need to already know what you’re doing if you willingly commit to specs this low.

      • thingsiplay@lemmy.ml
        4·
        2 days ago

        Hmm. So the assumption is then this is a troll post? Maybe the person doesn’t know and is new to this, got a free old laptop in example. You might be right that the system is underspecced for most normal usage and deeper knowledge to work with it might be required. But I don’t get why the person is downvoted for asking the question. Unless its a troll off course, if that is the assumption.

      • nyan@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        2 days ago

        I doubt they could even run a modern OS with a light DE.

        They could, actually—it’s been about a year since I retired a machine with specs as bad or worse that ran Gentoo with TDE, and it was useful enough for many things. Web browsing was not one of those things, however.

  • JTskulk@lemmy.worldEnglish
    121·
    3 days ago

    links. I ran firefox on a 4G RAM laptop until recently and it was painful and always swapping.

      • JTskulk@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        I have a laptop from this century now (16G) and I like mainline firefox lol. Thanks though :)

  • adarza@lemmy.caEnglish
    8·
    3 days ago

    none. 15 year old apu, slow laptop hdd, 2gb ram (some consumed by the graphics). cpu performance of the earliest s939 dual core athlons.

    put a puppy or antix on it, i guess, and hope for the best. with the 8gb max and a small sata ssd it could run something more mainstream.

    update to add: i just reinstalled the latest antix-full over the top of my old one that runs on an old athlon dual core (am2+ 4gb and hdd). creeps a bit over 1gb ram used once you load a page up in firefox. it’ll be ‘usable’, i guess, running one thing at a time and not going crazy with open tabs and windows. still gonna go back on the recycle pile though. i have too many of this era desktop, no takers for them, and not enough room to store 'em.

    • sneaky@r.nfEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      After seeing it only has 2gb of RAM does it really matter? Guessing a Pentium of some kind…

  • toomuchrdio@retrolemmy.com
    4·
    3 days ago

    try Waterfox, it is great for browsing the modern web on a low ram

    if it didn’t work, i guess you have to sacrifice some usability by using Falkon or any much lighter browsers (not much good for modern web browsing)