On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 11:29:36PM +0100, Vincent Bentley wrote: > Intel are not the only x86 cpu manufacturer. > > I use a lot of VIA Eden equipped devices (thin-clients) 32-bit, 1+ GHz, > 1GB RAM usually. They run fine on 12v batteries charged by solar, have > no problems being mounted in vehicles (land or marine) and are fully > featured with IDE/SATA and network boot ROMs unlike most ARM devices.
If I read the specs correctly, all VIA Eden CPUs released 2006 or later are 64-bit capable. As far as I know, some motherboard chipsets that were 32-bit only lingered longer, but I'm not aware of any not-thoroughly-embedded x86 machines that have this flaw anywhere near recently. And, as this thread goes, you're not going to run a bloated DE on such an underpowered machine, are you? Especially that (at least in Jessie, no idea about more recent versions) parts of GNOME that Cinnamon uses require either a graphics card with some fancy specific capabilities, or very slow emulation in software. A weak machine + slow software emulation of 3D = oy vey gevalt. Meow! -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ A dumb species has no way to open a tuna can. ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ A smart species invents a can opener. ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ A master species delegates. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
