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OpenBSD Intel Atom n270+1GB RAM netbook user there, among others.

Lariza as the big webkit2gtk4 browser, Links and Lynx as normal browser, with media bound to mpv+yt-dlp and nsxiv. MuPDF and a pipe with einfo -pp | lynx... | less for ebooks. ImageMagick, FFMPEG, sox. C, Perl for programming.

Bitlbee and Swirc for multi IM chat, sfeed for RSS news and podcasts, slrn for Usenet news.

A slightly hacked PCSX4ALL emulator (PSX) plus Mednafen for retrogaming among Slashem, BSDGames and Frotz for IF games.

Who said slow? OK, no Google Earth but I can use some TCL/TK based OSM map viewer from the TkIMG demos, and no Wine to play the games for that era. But, meh, I only get GL 1.4, not enough for proper DirectX9 translation (GL 2.1 it's the true basic DX9->GL mapping), so I've got lots of libre alternatives from https://osgameclones.com and a custom ScummVM compiled from ports with --enable-all-engines added to the configure script so I can play games from the Apple II era, passing thru Ultima IV, Maniac Mansion, Broken Sword up to Blade Runner and, soon, Sanitarium.

People understimate its old machines...



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