@stereo @PINE64 It's quad-core and has two gigs of RAM! How's that slow? 😲
I have this thing: https://social.librem.one/@m0xee/110475696279937726
It's a dual-core ARM netbook with only 512 Mb RAM and I still don't think that it's useless. It doesn't even have NEON, that is precisely why I've had to rebuild the whole Void system from scratch to run on it 🤣
I think I'd actually use it more once I figure out a way to fix suspend to RAM. Maybe I'll even replace the panel with a better one and the battery.
@m0xee wonderful, yes thats a different shade of slow. and both are perfect for writing and reading #gemini xor #interactivefiction
@stereo Yeah, exactly what I was aiming for with mine! Gemini browsing with amfora and lightweight web, I have w3m with images working in a sixel-capable st, Matrix chats with gomuks and Fedi with tut. I use the same TUI software on my more capable machines, but it's all so lightweight that they even work on this one and with zram even at the same time. Even surf works and I'm able to browse Twitter via Nitter, it's slow-ish, but bearable. All in all, it's still a capable machines for its niche😂
https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/21/pc_officina_positive_trashware/
> PCOfficina sets what might seem like some quite high bars for the equipment that it refurbishes and issues. Its minimum spec is a Core i3 processor or equivalent, eight gigs of ram, and a 128GB SATA drive – ideally an SSD
Damn, most computers I still find usable do not even meet their spec to be considered 'trashware' 😂
@stereo Mine even has a 3G modem built-in and I have a SIM-card with unlimited, albeit slow, data plan. Also even with its battery at only half of its original capacity, I can still get 3 hours of juice out of it — I'm pretty sure I'll find uses for it. The only problem, like I said, suspend to RAM is bugged, it used to work with Linux 5.4 kernels, but it would be real nice to get it to work with at least 6.1 ones.