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From: Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid>
Subject: Re: Just got a Pi1B. What can you actually do with it these days?
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Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:
> Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>> Or anyway it's plenty of power for most things I do with PCs except
>> using Firefox (which I only do when lightweight browsers like Dillo
>> and Links don't work at all with an important website).
> 
> I never owned a pre gen3 Pi, I did watch Jeff's video, and it seemed 
> that anything GUI is a complete waste of time, Midori browser did run, 
> it was OK as an SSH host, e.g. to run PiHole

I didn't watch the video but I'm posting from an old laptop with
only slightly better specs (1GHz CPU, 768MB RAM), and I've played
around with GUI programs on my RPi Zero W. But it's about the
software you choose, Dillo and Links would run even better than
Midori. I'd also pick a lightweight Window Manager / Desktop
Environment.

Heck you can surely use most Usenet newsreaders fine on a Pi 1.

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