Obsolete hardware

Whenever I need to run an operating system on obsolete computing hardware, I find the smallest distribution Puppy Linux comes into mind.
The last number of years Slitaz has been doing an enormously great job keeping my old hardware to chug along.

Slitaz is so small it can run on RAM:

That's Amiga speak for ramdisk

#hardware #obsolete #distro #small #environment #Puppy #Slitaz #Linux #keep #running #technology #programming #efficient #Amiga #RAM #ramdisk #FAST

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@0x47df not really, it's cross-compiling at the same endian-ness...

IOPS is the most limiting factor tho.

@yura @dps910 @wboss No, just jo!

  • This constellation shouldn't exist to begin with.
    • If it did exist, you should've bought Extended Security Support for it since 2019
  • There's no legitimate excuse to have #TechIlliterates access said systems and being allowed to use the #Internet, save any files or even execute any code on it to begin with.
    • If you can't force the #Users to obey to simple rules, they have no business using said system.
  • There is a literal zoo of #ZeroClickMalware for #Windows7 that Microsoft refuses to combat!
    • The only option I know is some "Write-Protection Driver" like the one used by #hp for their #ThinClients on #WES7 which redirect all writes to a #Ramdisk and refuses to write them on disk before shutdown / reboot!
    • But that doesn't protect against executing malicious code stealing credentials!

You shure you can't migrate the system to a #VM and/or @bunsenlabs and/or passthrough any hardware to it?

  • Cuz unless you use like a "forensic write blocker" adaptor in the middle I see no chance of you winning this at all
    • And even then: No "#Antivirus" (which as 3rd party Kernelhack is just #malware itself!) will be able to fix the fundamental flaws.
    • This includes even some like #Avast that install a #DPI component and #PacketFilter everything by acting as #MITM proxy!

#Funfact: Rramdisk.sys with it's 32MB limit was even in #WindowsXP...

But #Linux distros do #Ramdisk|s way better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NqOjthNlJo

#MSDOS #ramdisks #RetroComputing #Windows

MS-DOS and Windows on a RamDrive

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@adisonverlice nodds in agreement that #VPN doesn't "#vibe" as in having * huge red flags*…

  • I'm not a fan of @mullvadnet either but at least they obviously do that they can to minimize having customer data at hand in the first place.

Personally, I'd rather shove some tamper-proof box inside a rack cabinet that has all the secret keys on a non-persistent #RAMdisk so as soon as anyone "fucks with it" it'll send an alert and reboot, loosing the keys in the process.

Les RAMdisk ne sont pas morts et permettent plus de 30 Go/s en 2025 http://dlvr.it/TM2PPF #RAMdisk #Mac
Les RAMdisk ne sont pas morts et permettent plus de 30 Go/s en 2025

Dans les années 90, les Mac permettaient directement de créer un RAMdisk, un espace de stockage de petite capacité stockée directement dans la mémoire vive. À l'époque, c'était une solution intéressante dans certains cas, comme sur les premiers Mac...

MacGeneration

Macのメモリ上に一時的な高速仮想ドライブを作成できる「TmpDisk」がAPFSとNoExecオプションをサポートし、CLIツールを追加。
https://applech2.com/archives/20250719-tmpdisk-for-mac-ram-disk-management.html

#applech2 #仕事効率化 #github #Mac #OSS #RamDisk #メモリ #レビュー

Macのメモリ上に一時的な高速仮想ドライブを作成できる「TmpDisk」がAPFSとNoExecオプションをサポートし、CLIツールを追加。

TmpDiskはMacに搭載されているメモリを一時的に揮発性の高速な仮想ドライブへ変換しマウントできるようにしてくれるアプリで、元TwitterのエンジニアのTimothy Marksさん(Imothee LLC.)がオープンソースで開発していますが、このTmpDiskが「TmpDisk v2.2.x」アップデートで、APFSやNoExecオプションなどをサポートしています。

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The Complete Guide to Installing, Configuring and Operating Plex Media Server on Ubuntu Server (11/14)

📺 Create a RAM disk for fast, temporary processing (Beginner-Friendly!)

Optimise PMS by configuring a RAM disk for handling temporary files and avoiding wear on the physical storage. Plex relies on the underlying Ubuntu.

https://youtu.be/963F5HOIVaE

#PlexMediaServer #UbuntuServer #HomeServer #SelfHosting #PlexSetup #PMS #TTMO #Streaming #Beginner #HowTo #RAMDisk

PMS on Ubuntu: Step 11 of 14: Setting up a RAM Disk in Ubuntu

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@paul_cS. I think I rebooted the computer between benchmarking and adding the #ramdisk to the /etc/fstab. In effect I made a ramdisk, benchmarked it, rebooted and then copied my files on the /mnt/ramdisk location of my M.2 NVME instead of RAM itself. At least this is what I think happened. And because it's a good one the I/O speed difference wasn't enough for me to notice.