50MB operating system can resurrect your old PC

(makeuseof.com)

23 points | by makerdiety 3 hours ago ago

6 comments

  • Beijinger an hour ago ago

    Bodhi Linux may be a better idea: https://www.bodhilinux.com/

    Not sure if it will get more updates in the future.

    I may consider this for the future: https://github.com/JeffHoogland/moksha

    • UncleSlacky 22 minutes ago ago

      Or go straight to the distro DSL was forked from - antiX, which has a Debian Trixie-based 32-bit ISO (as well as the expected 64-bit version):

      https://antixlinux.com/download/

    • dmuth 44 minutes ago ago

      I literally saw this in the first paragraph of the website and it feels like it was written with AI:

      > It’s more than just software—it’s a statement.

      I know us engineers aren't the best writers, but when I see things like this, it feels like they're not even trying to write their own content.

      • Beijinger 19 minutes ago ago

        I don't know who wrote this, but it is unlikely AI wrote it.

        The main guy is an older engineer with a lot of health struggles. And yes, he is American. Born American as far as I can tell. His health was once so bad, he asked for private donations. Unfortunately, I was not aware of it at that time; otherwise I would have posted it to HN.

  • crusty 2 hours ago ago

    Core i, 4GB RAM is old? Naw dawg.

    • derwiki 32 minutes ago ago

      In my day, we used a boot disk to restart without Windows 95 so we could run Doom with 8mb RAM