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To be real, this Maschine with HDD and 2gig RAM isnt going to be lightning fast at all
Sure is, if you use the right tooling.
Heck, my old Xcover phone runs fast GUI on 148 MB RAM and 120 MB storage.
And it is “lighting fast” when using modern bloated java script websites? I doubt it
Lol no, they are never lightning fast, no matter the hardware.
Well thats what op asked for.
OP will look for alternative sites quickly, if that’s their main device.
So what site do you use with this Setup to watch HD Videos fast, responsive and without Stutter, lag oder tearing? Cant be youtube
Who said anything about video? That’s it’s own can of worms.
Peertube or whatever, maybe maximal in FHD. Maybe with mpv, that one supports yt-dlp and has extensive support for low-level adjustments. Also, there’s slim native Youtube browsing clients.
Why do people downvote this question?
Because the hardware is obviously underspecced for any browser. I doubt they could even run a modern OS with a light DE. You’d need to already know what you’re doing if you willingly commit to specs this low.
Hmm. So the assumption is then this is a troll post? Maybe the person doesn’t know and is new to this, got a free old laptop in example. You might be right that the system is underspecced for most normal usage and deeper knowledge to work with it might be required. But I don’t get why the person is downvoted for asking the question. Unless its a troll off course, if that is the assumption.
When you add the fact that the main question contains emojis it destroys any bit of seriousness in the question. Emojis have their places but not when you want to be taken seriously. This post could not be a clearer example of a shitpost/troll post.
So emojis ought to be avoided in posts ?
I think it helps if you’re trying to be taken seriously.
I guess I would be a terrible Moderator, lol. Thanks for taking the time to explain your view.
Disable javascript by using ublock origin. I also suggest using a lightweight UI like Xfce or LXQT and 32-bit Linux OS
I am sorry if my english is bad
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_lightweight_web_browsers
I’d recommend Falkon/qutebrowser, or else NetSurf, Dillo, Links.
Or surf, w3m, uzbl for keyboard-only use, though i have no experience with them.
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Even with a tiny OS and desktop, 2GB RAM is gonna fill up super fast. Modern websites are bloated af, there’s no browser in the world that can fix that
Maybe Pale Moon, Basilisk or maybe some WebKit-based browser like LuaKit or similar, or Chawan if u want to go hardcore.
Also please use a WM, not a DE, maybe PekWM if u’re on X11 or something similar on Wayland.
Try to use some tweaks such as Ananicy, Bpftune, gamemode (and use only one or two programs at once), try to get some disk swap, and use ZRAM or ZSwap to avoid overusing your (slow) disk swap.
I have two netbooks with Atom processors, 2 GB RAM and one of them has an HDD instead of an SSD. I tried plenty of graphical browsers and Min was the best by far. Neither Firefox, Chromium, Falkon, Midori or GNOME Web could work at least partially smoothly in those machines. Min was not a panacea, but it was definitely more usable.
This is an absolutely bottom of the barrel machine nowadays. You’ll be able to run Linux on it, but nothing is going to run “fast”. Especially not a webbrowser with modern websites.
If you’re actually considering using this machine, the two most important upgrades you can make are SSD instead of HDD, and a bit more RAM (8GB if possible). With the ~2011-2012 CPU (judging by the release date of the iGPU listed) and the mentioned upgrades, you should have a usable (although slow) workstation for light tasks. Without the upgrades, be prepared to wait for things to load.
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alpine linux, tho it still won’t run smoothly i’m afraid, and you’d probably want a super minimal window manager like dwm or sxwm
