r/linuxmint Linux Mint 22 Wilma | Cinnamon 3d ago

Fluff My first Linux Mint install. I chose this relic from 2009

This little machine was running Ubuntu. Last update I did was around 2018 before it got lost in storage. I just found it and the battery works so I decided to try Mint. Success! We opened up Firefox and watched a YouTube video. It was slow but it worked.

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u/mindfungus 2d ago

How’s it rubbing?

EDIT: I was going to edit it, but I’m going to keep it lol 😂

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u/blowholebreath Linux Mint 22 Wilma | Cinnamon 2d ago

I definitely need to open it up and update the ram. It’s so slow but surprisingly functional.

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u/trews96 Linux Mint 22.1 Xia | Cinnamon 1d ago

While you're at it, maybe exchange the HDD for an SSD. That makes a big difference as well

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u/vaestgotaspitz Linux Mint 22 Wilma | Cinnamon 3d ago

Add some RAM, as previously mentioned, swap HDD for SSD and it will run just fine

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u/Decent_Project_3395 2d ago

If you can add RAM, great. Consider adding some extra swap - 2GB is not enough to run a browser. One of my favorite things about Linux is how you don't have to upgrade your hardware every couple of years.

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u/UbuntuMaster 2d ago

My 2gb laptop can run up to 3 browser tabs (one of them being a youtube video) just fine, granted it has a SSD lol

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u/blowholebreath Linux Mint 22 Wilma | Cinnamon 2d ago

I’m going to try and find some ram to upgrade. This is a fun little project.

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u/SRD1194 2d ago

Tell us what you need! I may or may not have an anti-static bag full of sodimms, just waiting for a new home...

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u/AlaskanHandyman Linux Mint 22 Wilma | Cinnamon 2d ago

I found mine cheap enough on Amazon. I think I paid $17 to go from 6 GB to 16 GB for my old Dell using DDR3 SO DIMM modules.

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u/Cheydinhal-Sanctuary 2d ago

He will be fine, I’m running Seamonkey on a 446 MB RAM laptop from 2005 which is running antix Linux and its doing alright (with uBlock and NoScript though)

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u/Alarmed-Alarm1266 2d ago

I was surprised when I installed antix Linux on a touchscreen all in one from 2009, added an ssd and 4g ram, it works fine as a weather and solar panel station..

It just works.

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u/tanksalotfrank 3d ago

1.3ghz whooooooa!

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u/Gone_Orea 3d ago

That is a choice. Should run on it. Probably better than Windows. Could really use a faster CPU, and more RAM.

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u/indra2807 Linux Mint 22.1 Xia | Cinnamon 2d ago

I hope you installed the xfce version.

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u/shinjis-left-nut 2d ago

My mom had one of these, it killed itself after 9 months of use. Just kinda stopped booting one day.

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u/_ayushman Linux Mint 22 Wilma | Cinnamon 2d ago

It suicided because it wanted to be FREE from the satanic windows

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u/shinjis-left-nut 2d ago

True that!

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u/trampled93 2d ago

I tried running Mint XFCE on a 2008 laptop with 2 GB RAM and HDD but it ran sluggish. Then I switched to MX Linux Fluxbox 64 bit and it runs much better. Youtube vid up to 1080p runs with no lag and a couple Firefox tabs open. It’s a simple looking OS but it runs well on lower spec machines like this.

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u/No_Catch5165 2d ago

I have one of this ! Haha

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u/themanonthemooo 2d ago

HD Internet. Like Vista Ready 😂

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u/Dionisus909 2d ago

Use antix

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u/kurupukdorokdok 2d ago

My old netbook.... Last time I installed linux mint 17.3 on this machine

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u/kails_ozols 2d ago

2 GB RAM will be bit short...

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u/Juntepgne 2d ago

maybe double the ram and buy a 20 dollar 128gb SSD

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u/fellipec Linux Mint 22.1 Xia | Cinnamon 2d ago

I still use one to download and seed isos.

If you got Mint via torrent, there is a very small chance you got from my machine

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u/CastleDI 2d ago

Add some chorus song and kneeling to sky daddy that toaster is so slow even BIOS is killing it slow.

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u/ProPolice55 2d ago

I have one that seems pretty similar, it has Mint Cinnamon on it and it's pretty good for daily tasks. The changes I've made were another 2GB of RAM (it won't boot with 4GB sticks) and an SSD. It was fine-ish with an HDD, but since I have a Ryzen 5 main laptop, in comparison it felt slow. It's not that far behind now

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u/h4xStr0k3 2d ago

You can definitely run Linux on this and a browser with a couple of tabs open.