Re: fastest linux distro
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 11:27:12PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> Specs would be nice, but I think the processor and/or video card is
> doing all the heavy lifting in such a case. Having dedicated video RAM
> is usually a plus, but I had something like this running on a PIII 500
> MHz with 768 MB RAM and a 512 MB Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 (running only
> with OpenBox).
>
> I replaced it with a Raspberry Pi (512 MB RAM) that can handle 1080p
> videos, uses 3,5 W (not including the external drive), is completely
> silent (no fans) and cost me thirty-something euros including shipping
> and a box (but no SD card and no power source).
... no HDMI cable, doesn't play .webm videos. You have to use youtube-dl
not 'cclive -s best' to download the video from youtube yielding in
a 'lower quality' exoerience. Putting all that aside, it's basically
running Debian Wheezy and I (and presumably Andrei) can recommend it as
a lightweight computer, although not fast at 700Mhz but you can
overclock it.
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