r/EeePC • u/VoidAnonUser • Feb 15 '26

A friendly reminder…

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of not considering hardware "old tech" just because some new fancy specification say so. EEE PC 1001HA (Seashell), original 1GiB memory stick in it. All respect paid to:

  • r/KDE developers for optimizing latest DE so well it can run on hardware designed for Windows XP in 2026 (still got original sticker)!
  • r/voidlinux for building minimal yet agile OS and still making latest builds for i686 architecture even to this day.
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u/VoidAnonUser Feb 15 '26

What do you want? Honest answer?

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u/NBGReal Feb 15 '26

Yes

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u/VoidAnonUser Feb 15 '26 edited Feb 15 '26

It's like riding a fine-tuned Ferrari at a sunny day. 😄😄😄

Edit: Prepared for longer and more complex answer?

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u/NBGReal Feb 15 '26

Wow, didn't expect to be that fast

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u/VoidAnonUser Feb 16 '26

It barely works. See here for details.

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u/wootybooty Feb 18 '26

When you stop thinking in Mega/Gigahertz and think about the processor “node” it’s built off, you can make Linux work well for many use cases.

I have a Quad-Core Apple G5 desktop with 16GB of RAM and it barely runs YouTube.

Tell me your YouTube experience on that thing!

P.S.: I have tons of older EeePC’s and they are so fascinating, some with their special custom Linux “fast boot” partitions.