I have a Linux Mint running on a intel atom CPU with 256mb ram and no graphics card and it kinda works.

  • Tyoda@lemm.ee
    126·
    9 months ago

    Not to dissect a meme too hard but I’m pretty sure the ram is supposed to go pins down into the potato.

    • jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
      103·
      9 months ago

      Lightweight distros need less than 1GB of RAM, so you don’t need to use the entire RAM.

      • BCsven@lemmy.ca
        11·
        9 months ago

        It is amazing how little you need to have a functional system. I have a OpenMediaVault / minidlna server using NAS ARM board that only has 256MB of RAM, and it isn’t using all of it, and doesn’t need to swap.

      • Read Bio@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        There are some that the minimum system requirements is 192mb of ram or even lower

    • Artyom@lemm.ee
      2·
      9 months ago

      Yup, but once you do that, it’ll run Linux just fine.