Well, color me bizarre, then, as I have two computers laying around here 
with less than 1GB of RAM ... no, wait, 3 - and that third one is a 
pretty new, but small form factor, computer.


And lets not forget my 2 very old laptops that I've used for reading 
floppy disks....


Ok, well, yeah, maybe I *am* a dinosaur ;-)  Or at least use dinosaurs 
as computers! ;-)

On 7/17/24 13:36, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss said on Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:18:33 -0700
>
>> This is the Linux I know!!
>>
>> https://www.zdnet.com/article/want-to-save-your-old-computer-try-these-5-linux-distributions/
> The last time they made a computer with less than 1GB RAM was the
> bargain basement computers from 2007. Normal computers of that time
> came with 2GB or 4GB.
>
> ....
>
> In wealthy nations like US, UK, and EU, it would be bizarre to find
> somebody running a computer with less than 1GB of RAM, so I think those
> tiny versions are aimed for people in third world countries. If you
> have 1GB RAM you can run almost any distro if you carefully curate your
> applications. Almost all desktops and laptops made in the last 10 years
> have at least 4GB RAM.
>
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