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Will Devuan/Debian run comfortably on a Core Duo with 4GB of RAM?

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I need to install a Linux system I will not provide support for, on an old laptop that's going to be donated. It has a Core Duo T3400 processor (2-core, 2.16 GHz), 4 GB of RAM, and a 320 GB HDD (and a noisy fan... ) If it were a 2 GB machine, I would probably install anti-X on it. But with 4 GB... would it be responsive enough and bear the load of a (64-bit) Devuan installation? And if so - shall I choose a more lightweight window manager, or will XFCE4 or Cinnamon be ok? PS - If you only have experience with Debian, that would also be acceptable as an answer.
Asked by einpoklum (10753 rep)
Oct 29, 2023, 10:51 PM
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