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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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I'm Not a Programmer, but Here’s Why Linux Is My Daily Driver (www.howtogeek.com)

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 5 months ago (14 children)

Linux, on the other hand, can easily boot up on a 10-year-old laptop with just 2GB of RAM, and work fine.

I'm not sure a modern day browser would be just fine with "only" 2GiB, unfortunately.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Maybe with zRAM and a bit of swap it could run quite ok 🤷

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

4GB works. My kids use a T410 from 2010 with a SSD and it is a pleasant experience for daily use (browsing, YouTube, small Linux games)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

As long as the drive the swap is on is an SSD, yeah absolutely

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