@yura @AngelaScholder @dps910 @wboss some early #Netbooks like the #EeePC701 even had the infamous 137GB - Barrier in it's #BIOS, which I encountered trying out @OS1337 on it!

• And yes that lockup happens on those.

Try setting it to USB-CDROM and using a stick with like a 4GB partition ?

@monkey well, I do have the same issue.

I'm working on @OS1337 for that reason.

• But if you want more than 80x25 MDA, consider @bunsenlabs / #BunsenLabsLinux, which is a #32bit-available #Debian-based distro. ¹

  • If that's too sluggish, consider #RaspberryPiOS of Desktop PCs ² and #TinyCoreLinux TinyCorePlus ³.

As for #Browsing, @ActionRetro made #FrogFind… ⁴

#FrugalComputing #Netbooks #ModernRetroComputing #Reuse #UseLonger #OS1337

I genuinely liked and miss netbooks. They were perfect for small things, didn't use a lot of power, and if the battery puffed, you could easily remove it AND still use the device! I hate that they were beaten by tablets. Bring back netbooks.

(2/2)

#netbook #netbooks #tablet #tablets #technology

shit #computers #netbooks #hardwaregore

@ActionRetro whilst #ArchLinux runs on a lot of things, #TinyCoreLinux and @OS1337 can go even lower...

• The only reason why I've not even tried building something for crappy #ARM #Netbooks is because I've got none of them at hand to test against.

That being said if you have an #i486SX with 16MB RAM and 1440kB FDD I hope you can give #OS1337 a try...

https://github.com/OS-1337/OS1337/raw/refs/heads/main/OS1337-core-prerelease.img

Except #VIA failed to make their #Chips & #iGPU|s available en masse at a reasonable price point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MklPBVPSp0

#ViaNano #Nostalgia #RetroComputing #Netbooks #Netbook

@cleantext I mean, lets be realistic: #Netbooks that struggled to run #WindowsXP ain't something people were crazed about (besides the excellent #EeePC which came with it's nicely customized #Xandros-based #Linux desktop that put the 7" 480x800px screen to good use!)…

• OFC one would today rather pick a #Pi0 v1.3, #Pi0W or #Pi0W2 which are all faster, more power efficient and cheaper instead of hardware (soon) old enough to legally buy liquor in Germany.

Not to mention being able to basically run everything off 5V makes it trivial to "outsorce" the "power problem" to some cheap USB powerbank with multiple ports.

• So yeah, "#Ghettohacking" a #Laptop that can even do a #GUI is cheap and relatively easy these days...

@v_d_richards kenne einige Refurbisher allerdings verkaufen die primär Business-Geräte und kompakte Geräte wie die ThinkPad X-Serie sind viel zu THICC und CHONKY für #Netbooks...

Mit Glück gibt's wo nen Abverkauf von Billig-"#SchinaSchrott" Netbooks mit Atom #Z8350 und 1-8GB RAM sowie eMMC... Wenn die mit #WinSchrott statt veraltetem #Android kommen ist da meist nen "normales" #UEFI drauf und das Teil kann von #USB booten...

@cleantext Speaking of #Netbooks, I do have an #EeePC701-4G in my possession and I'm working on an #minimalist , #TUI / #CLI-only #Linux distro ( @OS1337 ) for it and other, #LowEnd / #LowSpec / #legacy / #vintage hardware like the original #RaspberryPi & #Pi0W...

@lymenzies TBH, I do want to target with @OS1337 the #Wyse3040 since they are dirt-cheap #ThinClient|s and since they use an #intel #Atom x5-#Z8350 SoC they merely sip power and can easily make #fanless #laptops (and Tablets, as they got used in many #Windows8 Tablets and #Netbooks)...

@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.

What? Ancient, underpowered, unsupported portables? Oh God yes. #retrocomputing #netbooks #psion #wince

@notthatdelta reminds me that I need to work on @OS1337 and make a image for the #EeePC701-4G...

#EeePC #Netbooks #Netbook

:boost_ok: Does anyone know any good #Netbooks that ain't:

• New old stock with shit <720p screens
• Overpriced?

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Looking for:

• <€250 incl. shipping to Germany.
• min. 8GB RAM & 32GB SSD
• SODIMM RAM Slots prefered
• M.2 slot necessary
• USB-C for charging & data necessary.
• min. 720p, 1080p prefered.
• 7"-13" with a 65% ISO keyboard layout

Nueva actualización de CirujAntix #Linux basado en #Antix basado en #Debian 29/03/2025

- Se actualizaron los paquetes a Antix 23.2
- Ahora el ISO de 32 bits es compatible con Ventoy al igual que el de 64 bits.
- Ambas versiones 32 y 64 bits vienen con chromium por defecto.

Descargas:
https://cybercirujas.rebelion.digital/foro/viewtopic.php?t=324

Si tenes una versión anterior instalada no es necesario re-instalar, simplemente sigue las instrucciones en el último posteo.
#CirujAntix es ideal p/ #netbooks con 1gb ram y hdd mecánico.

Netbooks: The Rise and Fall of 2010’s “Future of Tech”

https://www.tiktok.com/@awesomecast/video/7459824447197924639

Remember when netbooks were everywhere? Then the iPad arrived, and they vanished! Relive the tech battle of 2010 at www.AwesomeCast.com and www.SorgatronMedia.com.

#Netbooks #iPad #TechHistory #AwesomeCast

#FYI: Die #Netbooks von damals sind heute nicht mehr produktiv nutzbar.
Vielleicht als Photorahmen, da ist der Stromverbrauch aber zu hoch...

That irrepressible need to buy old netbooks and install obscure OSes on them.

#hardware #netbooks

@SweetAIBelle Needless to say I'm convinced I can just boot @OS1337 from either a #USB-#Floppy(-#Emulator via USB Adaptor) or regular #flashdrive using #Ventoy, as #ISOLINUX distro...

• I've been using that for a while to do #multiboot - #flashdrives to replace #YUMI and not rely on the expensive #IODD hard drive / SSD cases...

I'll test it out today...

Luckily I have some "bare metal" to test against:

• Sony Vaio P11Z (Atom Z520 / i586 & sse3_atom)
• hp t530 (AMD GX-212 / i686, amd64 & sse4.1 )
• Zotac IONITX A-E (Atom 330 / i586, amd64 & sse3_atom)

Sadly I don't have much more "lower end" or "legacy" systems as a significant collection of mine got stolen from storage years ago and I don't have the money flying around to build @rasteri 's #Wee86 / #WeeCee... I was thinking about getting one of those Dell Wyse 3040 which AFAIK come with a #cursed #32bit #UEFI...

Sadly "Potato-level" #Netbooks running #VIA #C7 chips are nowadays rare and absurdly expensive and targeting those would be good as they already get too slow for mainstream 32bit distros like #BunsenLabsLinux so repurposing those as #OS1337 testing machines and target hardware may be a good option...
Tho just clocking down a #ThinClient with VIA Edenwould be sufficient to test out.

One of the machines that stolen from me was a Futro S300 with a #Transmeta CPU that I originally intended to use as #Windows95 box...

• Like with #Android - #ROMs I've to likely do custom .config files to target such hardware and stay within the 1440kB size Limit for or the "CORE Edition"...