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Ek-Hou-Van-Braai piefed.social Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social
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Eager Eagle lemmy.world eager_eagle@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-07
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you got a pizza box? Fancy

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macniel feddit.org DmMacniel@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-06-22
#3 · Quote Reply

CPU optional.

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Buffalox lemmy.world Buffalox@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-18
#4 · (edited) Quote Reply

Imagine opening a pizza box just to find an old potato. 😋

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bruhduh lemmy.world bruhduh@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
#5 · Quote Reply

https://hackaday.com/2021/07/21/its-linux-but-on-an-esp32/

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magnue lemmy.world magnue@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-04-09
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Doesn't matter what hardware you throw at windows it will still run like a bag of shit.

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FishFace piefed.social FishFace@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-10-16
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My friend used to have a pc in a cardboard box, but it had a separate monitor. Also you had to turn it on twice; the first time it would crash...

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MonkderVierte lemmy.zip MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-05-30
#8 · Quote Reply

https://hackaday.com/2021/07/21/its-linux-but-on-an-esp32/

And just a few days ago: https://hackaday.com/2026/04/22/esp32-hosts-a-public-website/

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palordrolap fedia.io palordrolap@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-08-13
#9 · Quote Reply

... aaas long your potato has a processor better than a 486 anyway.

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Zwiebel feddit.org Zwiebel@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-06-23
#10 · Quote Reply

And just a few days ago: https://hackaday.com/2026/04/22/esp32-hosts-a-public-website/

So cool

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SaharaMaleikuhm feddit.org SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-07-23
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... aaas long your potato has a processor better than a 486 anyway.

Steep requirements. Linux has changed :(

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bryndos fedia.io bryndos@fedia.io
Joined: 2025-07-28
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Potato on pizza may be unusual, but I like it.
I'm not so sure about grubs though.

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cley_faye lemmy.world cley_faye@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-20
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... aaas long your potato has a processor better than a 486 anyway.

The beauty of it, in a way, is that if someone really relies on support for that, there might be way to fork the kernel to keep supporting it. It might be a big initial task, but then again, maybe not. Support was there up until very recently, and if you have such specific requirements, you might have the skill/resources to just maintain it. It's not like you'd have to start from scratch.

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kunaltyagi programming.dev kunaltyagi@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-06-12
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Doesn't matter what hardware you throw at windows it will still run like a bag of shit.

My shit runs better than windows.

PS: diarrhea

/s

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AliasVortex lemmy.world AliasVortex@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-18
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Potato on pizza may be unusual, but I like it. I'm not so sure about grubs though.

Seconding the potato on pizza; my college job had a pizza by the slice place right around the corner that made a baked potato pizza (potato slices, green onions, and bacon) that was way better than it had any right to be.

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Pommes_für_dein_Balg feddit.org mech@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-10-06
#16 · Quote Reply

That Linux PC magically attracts all cats in a 5 mile radius.

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Pommes_für_dein_Balg feddit.org mech@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-10-06
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... aaas long your potato has a processor better than a 486 anyway.

... aaand you're trying to run the newest kernel on it for some reason.

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cepelinas sopuli.xyz cepelinas@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2025-01-14
#18 · Quote Reply

And just a few days ago: https://hackaday.com/2026/04/22/esp32-hosts-a-public-website/

And sometime ago
https://github.com/p2r3/bareiron

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DiarrheaSommelier lemmy.ca DiarrheaSommelier@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2026-04-25
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My shit runs better than windows. PS: diarrhea /s

Can relate.

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MyNameIsRichard lemmy.ml MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-06-07
#20 · Quote Reply

My shit runs better than windows. PS: diarrhea /s

My shit runs better than Windows.

PS: Constipation

no /s

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palordrolap fedia.io palordrolap@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-08-13
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... aaand you're trying to run the newest kernel on it for some reason.

Listen, I'm convinced the next kernel will finally fix the bug that in rare circumstances causes my potato to spontaneously mash itself and start whistling dixie.

... or maybe I'm confusing my potato with my brain again.

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atomicbocks sh.itjust.works atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-02-16
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Doesn't matter what hardware you throw at windows it will still run like a bag of shit.

There was a brief period of time (roughly 2006-2015ish) when the best Windows machine was a Mac and that will never not be funny to me. I think it was PC Magazine that ranked the MacBook Pro specifically as the best machine for Vista sometime around 2008.

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atomicbocks sh.itjust.works atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-02-16
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Imagine opening a pizza box just to find an old potato. 😋

I mean… you can probably use the computer to order a pizza right?

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