@yura @dps910 @wboss On those you could install @bunsenlabs or #TinyCoreLinux and they still have a useable system.

• In fact I do run that on a #VAIO #P11Z with the slow af #Atom #Z520 and the crappy #GMA500!

Sorry, but you didn't expect even a beefy PC from 1998 to be useable in 2016, so I can't fault a 2008 #Netbook for being EoL in 2026.

• For contect: If that Netbook was a human it would be legal for it to buy itself a beer, if not liquor in Germany!
• Seriously, do consider setting up some lightweight #Linux distro instead, cuz chances are the users of that machine only want to use it for small, lightweight tasks.
  • It'll take you like am hour or two to introduce them to it but drill down to them that #Windows7 is as much of a non-option as Tetraetyllead inbgasoline or Asbestos for oven mittens!

I mean, they don't expect to play Crysis on that thing, or are they that deranged?

@spacehobo @nina_kali_nina Gilfoyle Voice "Kinda like that one?"

points at #VAIO #P11Z
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Vaio_P11Z

@erin nodds in agreement

I have 21:9 (1600*768px) on a #P11Z...

@lymenzies From my own experience I can tell that even the Original #RaspberryPi and #PiZero can run #RaspberryPiOS all day long and will run circles around the orginal #EeePC701, only getting beaten by the #Vaio #P11Z when it comes to #RAM and #IO options.

• Granted a #CM4 or #CM5 with > 2GB RAM will shift the tides but those alone cost more than a used #Wyse3040 and #upcycling a #ThinClient into something like a tiny luggable is propably more budget friendly and useful anyway, espechally since built-in Gigabit #Ethernet and #USB 3.0 really kick ass, so you'd propably be better served doing some #PoE / Wide-Range DC-in & battery setup to make good use of the oversized build volume at hand.

• Maybe take some "THICC" 21700 LiFePO4 cells or one of those #LiFePO4 motorcycle batteries for a spin? Pretty shure that you can sqeeze battery runtime measured in DAYS out of it without much tweaking.

@lymenzies I know that an #i486SX with at least 16 MB RAM is the absolute minimum you'll need to get the 1440kB prerelease image to go brr...

• I've tested #OS1337 both in VMs and on physical devices like the #EeePC701 and #Vaio #P11Z and it runs super-fast on those.

As for #i386 support, #Linux yeeted that with Kernel 3.4.99 LTS & 3.6.9 respectably

@vwestlife I still think that #Netbooks are good.

• And by #Netbook I do mean a nice, compact, lightweight typing & coding machine that is in like with the #Vaio #P11Z and #EeePC701 [with maybe a #ThinkPad-style #CompactKeyboard at the top.