[hUg33]

Hey, so i found an old toshiba pc in my house working fine only it has some low specs 1gb ram and an Intel pentium processor i only want to use it for hacking and stuff what can i do to make it give the most out of itself?

[Eternal.]

Um, check startup items, running programs and browser extensions to make sure they are needed. Or run Linux, that would also be a good idea.

[terminalcodex]

Use linux as suggested by the user above me or if you prefer windows, reinstall it from scratch and run only programs that you actually need and trust.

[CyberStrike]

Heck if you are comfortable with linux go for maybe MX Linux or Ubuntu Mate.

[Faith Connors]

im gonna be the autist

-secure wipe pc
-install latest debian netinstall
-use a WINDOW MANAGER and for the love of god no DE.
-go full minimalist, mpv for video, feh for images, vim for text, terminal or ranger for file management, urxvt term

i personally like i3wm as a window manager but its preference, maybe tiling isnt what you want.

EDIT: completely forgot -- grub2 is complete bloat and has either meme or unneeded features that 99% of users dont use or are actually useless.
libreboot or gtfo

[mmetz]

Definitely agree with everyone else here on the Linux install.

If you need to get the absolute most out of the laptop, I would look at a linux distro used for embedded systems or something that comes with a minimal amount of stuff included (Arch comes to mind), then you will not have as much using the RAM. You won't get a UI though, will just be terminal.

Other options include installing something more familiar and then pruning all the crap that the default installation comes with.

[Jure]

Make it minimalistic or simply do the linux install.

[Faith Connors]

Definitely agree with everyone else here on the Linux install.

If you need to get the absolute most out of the laptop, I would look at a linux distro used for embedded systems or something that comes with a minimal amount of stuff included (Arch comes to mind), then you will not have as much using the RAM. You won't get a UI though, will just be terminal.

Other options include installing something more familiar and then pruning all the crap that the default installation comes with.

arch is bloat sorry
void or nothing