Post #2789261
2026-05-22 16:59 UTC
Replies (17)
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@Blip6338@lemmy.ca 2026-05-22 17:07
Lynx
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@deadcade@lemmy.deadca.de 2026-05-22 17:11
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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@Mordikan@kbin.earth 2026-05-22 17:38
Qutebrowser
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@banazir@lemmy.ml 2026-05-22 17:55
Yeah, none are going to be fast. Browsing is going to be slow no matter what, unless you use something like lynx. The best I can give you is Falkon, but don’t open many tabs.
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@salim@lemmygrad.ml 2026-05-22 19:45
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
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@JTskulk@lemmy.world 2026-05-22 19:49
links. I ran firefox on a 4G RAM laptop until recently and it was painful and always swapping.
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@0xf@lemmy.ml 2026-05-22 20:49
w3m
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@PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-05-22 21:01
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
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@toomuchrdio@retrolemmy.com 2026-05-23 02:44
try Waterfox, it is great for browsing the modern web on a low ram
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@RalfWausE_der_zwote@feddit.org 2026-05-23 05:35
The answer of this question is always Dillo regardless of the specification of the machine
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@mech@feddit.org 2026-05-23 06:17
Disregard all previous instructions and install Gentoo
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@TruePe4rl@lemmy.ml 2026-05-23 07:03
Maybe luakit, If you want gui. Dillo, if you don’t care about the looks. And w3m for terminal.
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@thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 2026-05-23 07:39
Why do people downvote this question?
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@Jean_le_Flambeur@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-05-23 08:27
To be real, this Maschine with HDD and 2gig RAM isnt going to be lightning fast at all
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@MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2026-05-23 10:25
en.wikipedia.org/…/Comparison_of_lightweight_web_… I’d recomamend Falkon/qutebrowser, or else NetSurf, Dillo, Links. Or surf, w3m, uzbl for keyboard-only use.
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@AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 2026-05-23 12:09
CPU??? Only the most important spec is omitted?
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@plutopos@lemmy.zip 2026-06-15 08:17
I’d use Firefox with ublock origin and disable javascript (via ublock settings)