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Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months ago

Trying to rescue a 1GB RAM laptop

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Trying to rescue a 1GB RAM laptop

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Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months ago

I had an Aspire One D270 laptop with a 32-bit Intel Atom CPU and 1 gigabyte of RAM, so I installed Debian with Xfce on it, but even then it’s running way too slow.

Is there anything I can do to make the laptop faster and more responsive given its limited memory?

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2 gb memory should make XFCE usable. That’s what my crappy laptop has and XFCE works fine. I use Firefox with a few open tabs and watch YouTube at 720p.

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