• TruePe4rl@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    3 hours ago

    Maybe luakit, If you want gui. Dillo, if you don’t care about the looks. And w3m for terminal.

  • Fatur.New@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    6 hours ago

    Disable javascript by using ublock origin. I also suggest using a lightweight UI like Xfce or LXQT and 32-bit Linux OS

    I am sorry if my english is bad

  • FLD@retrolemmy.com
    3·
    7 hours ago

    try Waterfox, it is great for browsing the modern web on a low ram

    if it didn’t work, i guess you have to sacrifice some usability by using Falkon or any much lighter browsers (not much good for modern web browsing)

  • PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de
    15·
    13 hours ago

    Even with a tiny OS and desktop, 2GB RAM is gonna fill up super fast. Modern websites are bloated af, there’s no browser in the world that can fix that

    • db2@lemmy.world
      4·
      12 hours ago

      Haiku would scream on that, but I’m not sure on the browser situation. On any OS any browser lately is a memory hog.

  • pineapple@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    10 hours ago

    Might need to make sacrifices such as disabling JS or loading images. Browsers and web pages are so bloated, you won’t be able to get a modern experience with that hardware.

  • JTskulk@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    14 hours ago

    links. I ran firefox on a 4G RAM laptop until recently and it was painful and always swapping.

    • FLD@retrolemmy.com
      2·
      7 hours ago

      have you tried Waterfox? it is much lighter and based on Firefox. I use this on my 4GB RAM laptop and it worked fine

  • deadcade@lemmy.deadca.de
    18·
    17 hours ago

    This is an absolutely bottom of the barrel machine nowadays. You’ll be able to run Linux on it, but nothing is going to run “fast”. Especially not a webbrowser with modern websites.

    If you’re actually considering using this machine, the two most important upgrades you can make are SSD instead of HDD, and a bit more RAM (8GB if possible). With the ~2011-2012 CPU (judging by the release date of the iGPU listed) and the mentioned upgrades, you should have a usable (although slow) workstation for light tasks. Without the upgrades, be prepared to wait for things to load.

  • adarza@lemmy.caEnglish
    8·
    8 hours ago

    none. 15 year old apu, slow laptop hdd, 2gb ram (some consumed by the graphics). cpu performance of the earliest s939 dual core athlons.

    put a puppy or antix on it, i guess, and hope for the best. with the 8gb max and a small sata ssd it could run something more mainstream.

    update to add: i just reinstalled the latest antix-full over the top of my old one that runs on an old athlon dual core (am2+ 4gb and hdd). creeps a bit over 1gb ram used once you load a page up in firefox. it’ll be ‘usable’, i guess, running one thing at a time and not going crazy with open tabs and windows. still gonna go back on the recycle pile though. i have too many of this era desktop, no takers for them, and not enough room to store 'em.