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    From Arelor@VERT/PALANT to Ennev on Fri Aug 7 16:01:05 2020
    Re: small media server out of a all-in-one netvista
    By: Ennev to DOVE-Net.Hobbies on Fri Aug 07 2020 09:52 am

    So thanks for reading, just thought it can give an idea of what do to
    when a old machine with low specs.

    You know, all throughout your story, I was thinking "Tiny Core Linux". It has the bare minimum to run a graphical session. If you pick the core version, it has the bare minimum to run a text session. It is designed to let you build what you want on top of it. If I was to use old hardware and wanted a modern operating system, I would try Tiny Core Linux the first thing.

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  • From Arelor@VERT/PALANT to Ennev on Sat Aug 8 14:25:30 2020
    Re: Re: small media server out of a all-in-one netvista
    By: Ennev to Arelor on Sat Aug 08 2020 07:48 am

    On 2020-08-07 5:01 p.m., Arelor wrote:

    I would try Tiny Core Linux the first thing.

    Cool I'll check it, what is it based on ?


    It is based on nothing. It is so compact that they had to build it from the ground up.

    A kernel plus an X11 compatible server (which is actually not your regular Xorg) plus busybox and a couple of utilities.

    The only thing that comes close to this level of compactness and is still current and maintained is Slitaz, which is extremely tight but includes a web browser and some more goodies, and it is
    also built from the ground up.

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