https://www.geeksmint.com/emmabuntus-a-linux-distro-for-old-computers/ GeeksMint: Computers, How-to's, Internet, Tips and Tricks Tue, 16 Nov 2021 19:01:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.geeksmint.com/emmabuntus-a-linux-distro-for-old-computers/#comment-5803 Tue, 16 Nov 2021 19:01:45 +0000 https://www.geeksmint.com/?p=1634#comment-5803 To me, old computer means Pentium 3 at 1GHz, 1.4GHz is an onerous requirement.

]]> https://www.geeksmint.com/emmabuntus-a-linux-distro-for-old-computers/#comment-2519 Wed, 07 Sep 2016 03:06:00 +0000 https://www.geeksmint.com/?p=1634#comment-2519 I’m all for repurposing older computers but there are often crippliing limitations:
– High power consumption. Better hope your electric rates are dirt cheap.
– Lack of CPU SSE2 instructions. Most modern web browsers (except Firefox) are compiled with this requirement.
– Less 32 bit software available. Some distros and independent software developers don’t distribute for 32 bit CPUs any more.
– Lack of expandable memory. I can live with the CPU on my 10 y/o laptop, but using modern software with 2MB of RAM is often painful. Think single tasking in the ancient Win 3.1 days.

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