I recently got a 10 dollar working netbook from a thiftstore. It has 2 ram and is from 2010 but isint the up-gradable version. Im wondering what os to run on it do i go with something like a android build or a linux setup? Im could also use some neat use cases. Ive thought about doing retro game on it but there are possible better solutions?

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    3•22 hours ago

    any distro with lightweight wm would work. I’d try slackware with windowmaker or fvwm.

    Alternatively you can try tinycore, it’s supposed to be blazing fast because the whold system runs on ram.

    For web browsing try seamonkey with ematrix for blocking stuff.

    During 2022~2024 I used a 2008 Macbook with 5400rpm HDD, 2.5GB ram and its CPU throttled to 800mhz on Slackware15 as my primary machine and it was perfectly usable.