Hello /g/. I recently go my hands on a prehistoric computer.

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2016-06-02 14:07:24 Post No. 54872957
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Anonymous 2016-06-02 14:07:24 Post No. 54872957 [Report]

Hello /g/. I recently go my hands on a prehistoric computer. We're talking 600MHz CPU clock and 128MB RAM.

It runs XP surprisingly well (slow, I mean ok, it's 600 fucking megahertz), but XP aren't good enough for a haxxor like me (although I'll probably dual boot for software compatability issues).

Here's what I want: I want the laptop to run Debian or Ubuntu (or arch, don't sperg out) without any GUI.

Is removing the display manager and then running autoremove enough to do it?

And what if I want to swich from this CLI mode to a normal GUI? Can I run the DE on demand? Will it take up ram if I'm not using it, ie does it need to be loaded at the kernel at all times or something?

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Anonymous 2016-06-02 14:21:44 Post No.54873111
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Anonymous 2016-06-02 14:21:44 Post No.54873111 [Report]

>>54872957
I demand answers. Don't make me actually google this.

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Anonymous 2016-06-02 14:36:17 Post No.54873268
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Anonymous 2016-06-02 14:36:17 Post No.54873268 [Report]

>>54872957
On every distro you have 7 consoles. 1-6 and 8.
7 is usually X, the Desktop.

Install whatever distro you want, hit CTRL+ALT+F1 and enjoy your CLI life. Want a GUI? Hit CTRL+ALT+F7 and back are you.

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Anonymous 2016-06-02 14:49:20 Post No.54873414
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Anonymous 2016-06-02 14:49:20 Post No.54873414 [Report]

>>54872957
>without GUI
Just use Xorg you fucking autist

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Anonymous 2016-06-02 15:09:30 Post No.54873643
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Anonymous 2016-06-02 15:09:30 Post No.54873643 [Report]

Openbox and i3 are crazy light. I'd use them + startx. Spend all your time in the CLI if you want. I hear you can do a lot in emacs. Also definitely use tmux.

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Anonymous 2016-06-02 17:07:30 Post No.54875356
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Anonymous 2016-06-02 17:07:30 Post No.54875356 [Report]

>>54873268
I don't want to have all that crap loaded permanently on my 128 MB of RAM.

>>54873643
i3 looks great. tmux seems very impractical, but I guess at times there's no alternative.

Openbox looks promising, but stipping it even from a taskbar is taking it a bit too far. I mean, pretty much everyone is going to want a way to see which windows are currently open.