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What can I do with my super old laptop? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I had installed Debian on an Acer Aspire One Laptop. It has a 32-bit Intel Atom CPU with just 1GB of RAM. I obviously can't run it like a usual desktop anymore, it's way too slow.

I tried it to connect it to my TV with HDMI to create some sort of "Smart TV" setup, but that didn't work out because I can't even play 1080p videos on VLC with it smoothly.

So.... What now? Can I only use it for headless stuff like pihole, nextcloud, etc. now?

Is there any hope left for my unsuccessful "Smart TV" contraption?

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Honestly, ewaste center.

Not much an atom with a gig of ram can do.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

@slazer2au @maliciousonion it can play music, do IRC, Jabber, vim (neovim even, if you're lucky). there are even TUI rendering programs for Markdown and EPUB formats

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

You can get a RaspPi instead, and after a year or two you'll have saved enough electricity to have paid for itself.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

It works fine for me

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

technically there is a lot it could do, but it would not be a number 1 pick for any of it (even if you only have a $100 budget) so i agree, get rid of it.