Hello, new sub here! I absolutely love seeing old machines like this get a 2nd life. Look how amazing that runs with a duo core cpu! and running games as well. Honestly I think any version of Mint would run just fine on it, as cinnamon is pretty light weight as well. However XFCE is the lightest weight like you stated and why waste precious resources. Think of all the possibilities with these old machines you can get for really cheap. You could make a media center, mass storage device, light weight server, streaming box for your TV, the opportunities are endless with these old machines.
I've had no difficulty running casual (RenPy) games on a Core2Duo, just so long as I have an external video card of some sort (mobo onboard video's never good enough). It can be a similarly OLD starter-level card (GeForce PCX 4300 sufficed for my modest needs, in a full-size enclosure), and half-height to fit the box you have...
i have same machine with a i3 2100 cpu problem i have vas i missing that damn adapter its says you need a a120wattt i haave a 90watt so that machine vasa trowed away when i cant se if it works
Won't work. You need a special huge HP adapter, not a regular HP notebook adapter. The adapters are the hardest to come by. Experience with a Elite 8000, 8200, 8300 USFF. If you find the right one, you can even use a i7-3770S
One of my computers is single core Celeron D 346 (3.06 GHz, LGA775) with 4 GB of DDR1 memory. It runs Xubuntu 24.04, and is enough to watch YT in 480p. I think Linux desktop would be usable nowadays even on a Pentium 4 S478
Always good to see these old machines being saved from the recycling bin.
Keep up the good work, Victor!
2:15 pretty sure there's a speaker attachment for that monitor too, that can be found online.
Hello, new sub here! I absolutely love seeing old machines like this get a 2nd life. Look how amazing that runs with a duo core cpu! and running games as well. Honestly I think any version of Mint would run just fine on it, as cinnamon is pretty light weight as well. However XFCE is the lightest weight like you stated and why waste precious resources. Think of all the possibilities with these old machines you can get for really cheap. You could make a media center, mass storage device, light weight server, streaming box for your TV, the opportunities are endless with these old machines.
This PC (HP8200) I use on my ARCADE Bartop . multiboot batocera/windows xp/ubuntu. excellent choice
I've had no difficulty running casual (RenPy) games on a Core2Duo, just so long as I have an external video card of some sort (mobo onboard video's never good enough). It can be a similarly OLD starter-level card (GeForce PCX 4300 sufficed for my modest needs, in a full-size enclosure), and half-height to fit the box you have...
i have same machine with a i3 2100 cpu problem i have vas i missing that damn adapter its says you need a a120wattt i haave a 90watt so that machine vasa trowed away when i cant se if it works
Won't work. You need a special huge HP adapter, not a regular HP notebook adapter. The adapters are the hardest to come by. Experience with a Elite 8000, 8200, 8300 USFF. If you find the right one, you can even use a i7-3770S
Neat little computer. I thought it was a console in the start of the video.
Tengo uno en lenovo va rápida con Linux para ver youtube
Do you understand why BG3's network lags?
Would be good if it also does TV in some way.
They do have USB tv tuners that hook up to a PC.
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One of my computers is single core Celeron D 346 (3.06 GHz, LGA775) with 4 GB of DDR1 memory. It runs Xubuntu 24.04, and is enough to watch YT in 480p.
I think Linux desktop would be usable nowadays even on a Pentium 4 S478
Batocera