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This might be a controversial take, but for any tightly integrated hardware (especially netbook/chromebook performance tier), any form of video content consumption or >2000s gaming generally mandates a manufacturing date of 2014 or newer with 64 bit support ideally.
I think if this user stuck to a terminal only or XFCE graphic interface (or something similarly lightweight) for usage in something like a server management or exclusively document focused environment, I think this would work swimmingly. But I think modern web browsing would be a bridge too far without a RAM upgrade, and with a 32bit platform, still a bridge too far.
RAM for sure. My wife's laptop is a 2010 model, noe running NixOS. It handles zoom calls fine, and she does her spreadsheets, email, and web browsing. But its 8gig RAM.