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Is Linux Really Faster On A Windows 98 Laptop?

Gabe Pérez

30 May, 2017

Oldtech81 tries linux on his Intel Pentium III laptop with 128MB of RAM to make it go faster. This is what happened.

(by: Oldtech81)

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Gabe Pérez

Born in the 80s (⌐■_■) Raised by wolves / Does it offend you, yeah? / I'm an Accountant. I 📝 spreadsheets, HTML, CSS. I ❤️ using Markdown / 🎧🕹📱💽

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