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Assuming "daily driver" requires a modern web browser running modern web productivity apps I'd put the minimum at a Core 2 Duo with 4 GB memory. It wouldn't exa

Assuming "daily driver" requires a modern web browser running modern web productivity apps I'd put the minimum at a Core 2 Duo with 4 GB memory. It wouldn't exactly be snappy but with a bit of patience you shouldn't be limited by the hardware. Throw in a GPU with hardware video decoding and you might even be able to watch YouTube in above-potato quality.

lelanthran 3y ago
I've got a core 2 duo with 2GB RAM that I used for around 6 hours yesterday to write an application. Only slightly noticeable waiting times when I accessed some sites, but it worked and the application works too.
- ladyanita22 3y ago
  Which distro, though?
  - lelanthran 3y ago
    > Which distro, though? Linux Mint Vanessa, running the Mate DE. The program is a C program with a single Makefile. My workflow was (and still is, even on my desktop) using a Vim with three vertical splits: 1. A LHS split which is a terminal to run make and execute the program for testing 2. A RHS split with the program source code (single file program). 3. A middle split with the test input file and test output file (in horizontal splits). Although it is just a single file, on my other C projects I've used the same laptop, with the same 3-vert-split Vim, with multiple tabs, so up to maybe 16-20 source files open at a time for a single project. Building C projects is very fast, even on the Core 2 Duo/2GB RAM setup. Running a similar workflow but in VSCode on my desktop is less snappier than Vim on the laptop. I haven't tried doing a Go project on that laptop yet with VSCode, but I am tempted to see what happens :-)
    - ladyanita22 3y ago
      I tried Fedora (Gnome) on a 2GB machine and it was struggling a bit (mind you, there were several services, such as PackageKit, taking too many resources). But now I can tell why you're experience was good. Mate is a phenomenal desktop environment certainly, so 2GB is probably more than enough for a daily driver.

lelanthran 3y ago

I've got a core 2 duo with 2GB RAM that I used for around 6 hours yesterday to write an application. Only slightly noticeable waiting times when I accessed some sites, but it worked and the application works too.

ladyanita22 3y ago
Which distro, though?
- lelanthran 3y ago
  > Which distro, though? Linux Mint Vanessa, running the Mate DE. The program is a C program with a single Makefile. My workflow was (and still is, even on my desktop) using a Vim with three vertical splits: 1. A LHS split which is a terminal to run make and execute the program for testing 2. A RHS split with the program source code (single file program). 3. A middle split with the test input file and test output file (in horizontal splits). Although it is just a single file, on my other C projects I've used the same laptop, with the same 3-vert-split Vim, with multiple tabs, so up to maybe 16-20 source files open at a time for a single project. Building C projects is very fast, even on the Core 2 Duo/2GB RAM setup. Running a similar workflow but in VSCode on my desktop is less snappier than Vim on the laptop. I haven't tried doing a Go project on that laptop yet with VSCode, but I am tempted to see what happens :-)
  - ladyanita22 3y ago
    I tried Fedora (Gnome) on a 2GB machine and it was struggling a bit (mind you, there were several services, such as PackageKit, taking too many resources). But now I can tell why you're experience was good. Mate is a phenomenal desktop environment certainly, so 2GB is probably more than enough for a daily driver.