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Dev with old laptop (slrpnk.net)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A dev friend wants to start taking steps away from Windows, starting with their old laptop.

The laptop has 4 GB ram, and an 8th gen i3 CPU, and they mostly will use it to program.

Some have recommended them Lubuntu. Would that be a good choice?

Thanks!

Edit: yeaaah. Definitely away from Windows, not Linux. Time for lunch.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

They want to step AWAY from Linux? This might not be the right sub then.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Haha thanks for pointing it out. Time to get some carbs for my brain…

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

No problem.

To your question: the RAM limitation is going to make developing on this machine very difficult with modern tooling or frameworks, even with the most efficient of languages. The build and package management systems of practically everything requires a fair amount of resources, so that's going to be what causes problems. If they're building off devices then probably NBD.