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    [–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 47 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Single core? That must be more like 20 years old now.

    [–] shalafi@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    I don't believe this meme for a second.

    Wikipedia:

    The production of single-core desktop processors ended in 2013 with the Celeron G440, G460, G465 & G470.

    Those are so weak it's not even funny.

    [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 6 minutes ago

    Imagine that computing environments existed and thrived before gigabytes and gigahertz.

    I have done significant work on a machine with a single 8MHz core and 8Mbytes of RAM that I shared with several people.

    [–] pewpew@feddit.it 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

    Intel still makes Celerons that are probably just slightly faster than these

    They could have made them even slower if the old architecture doesn't cost so much more to manufacture.

    [–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    It's not common, but you can find some in really cheap chromebooks going back only a few years and those are prime candidates for Linux.

    [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    I've never seen one that wasn't 4 cores

    ARM is cheap

    [–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

    They have shitty ARM too, they pull out all the stops on chromebooks.

    Dual core ARM, new in 2021, its not alone: https://www.asus.com/us/laptops/for-home/chromebook/c203xa/

    Intel also still has some celerons they make with dual cores right now.

    Good to know

    I guess I know what to avoid

    [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

    Since they're Chromebooks aren't they already running Linux, with ChromeOS being a very light Gentoo, sort of