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jeffbee
on Nov 12, 2023
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Lightweight Linux Distributions for Older PCs
"This tiny OS weighs in at under 300MB, so it can run smoothly even on systems with as little as 512MB of RAM."
Either written by ChatGPT or author is quite confused.
geraldhh
on Nov 12, 2023
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in an effort to clear your confusion; the first number is persistent storage, the second one max main memory.
jeffbee
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And in what way does the one cause the other? Slackware Linux 3 was about that size on disk and it ran perfectly well on a machine with 4MiB of main memory.
geraldhh
on Nov 14, 2023
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no causation implied
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Either written by ChatGPT or author is quite confused.