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I tried it a couple years ago, the laptop I tried it on was underpowered (4GB memory, Skylake m3 - it was a Chromebook). The core software worked great. I coul
by bpye 5y ago
I tried it a couple years ago, the laptop I tried it on was underpowered (4GB memory, Skylake m3 - it was a Chromebook).
The core software worked great. I could mostly rely on the base system for critical software, I found cwm entirely sufficient as a window manager, xterm is obvious, even nvi is very usable as a text editor. I did use mutt which isn't in the base system.
I did however find that there were no performant web browsers, though this situation may have improved since. Chromium was the best option at the time and it worked okay for simple pages, but struggled for complex content. I also use both Spotify and VS Code typically, and whilst the former is easily replaced with ncspot now, I don't think there is a vscode/vscodium port. I suspect if you don't rely on any Electron applications though you wouldn't have any issues...
- mikem170 5y agoI'm running it on my desktop, with firefox, seamonkey (a firefox variant), and chrome. The tor browser is also available (another firefox variant). I haven't had any problems running youtube and other stuff. Using a thinkpad x260. Very happy with the performance.
- bpye 5y agoI'm glad to hear that. My experience was a little over 3 years ago so there has definitely been a bunch of time for the situation to improve. The laptop itself was also pretty weak.