I have a Linux Mint running on a intel atom CPU with 256mb ram and no graphics card and it kinda works.

  • Cort@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I looked into running potatoless ages ago and didn’t care for the tradeoffs that come with running hamster wheel. You have to change the potatoes every so often, but at least they don’t shit everywhere.

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      2 months ago

      (Oh, I assumed pictured was a potato CPU, not potato PSU)

      Anyways, as long as you don’t make the mistake of using runny ((s)mashed) potatoes, it should be fairly ez.

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      2 months ago

      No joke I read an article a while ago about a computer cafe in like Nepal I think it was? where users had to pedal a small DC generator to power the computers because power is so scarce up on the mountain