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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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[Request] lightweight distro (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For a old laptop with Intel atom processor and I think 2gb ram.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also, I'll just mention that it all means nothing as soon as you open a browser window. Then all your RAM is gonna be used up anyway.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can I introduce you to Lynx?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sure, play your youtube videos on Lynx.

We all know that's one of the main things people use browsers for, that's not work, these days. ;)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I oftentimes play youtube videos in mpv.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I always play youtube videos with mpv.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you just drag and drop into mpv or how does it work? With youtube seemingly trying to prevent the use of adblockers, I have to look for alternatives ahead of time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I must admit I copy paste the link to the terminal, so it's not a seamless experience. I don't watch enough videos to have done anything other than write a wrapper script with my preferred settings for youtube videos and to convert invidious links to youtube links.

I just tried running mpv --idle=yes --force-window=yes from the terminal and drag a youtube link to the window. It plays like it should. yt-dlp is installed locally for my user in ~/.local/bin and that directory is appended to the PATH environment variable. I also have yt-dlp symlinked to youtube-dl for mpv to pick it up. I guess what's missing is my preferred options for youtube videos, which I could set up in ~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf. Everytime some site breaks, you run yt-dlp -U to update and cross your fingers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Honestly, I don't even use Lynx