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Can I install linux on this?(lemmy.ml)

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I found this netbook(?) somewhere in old things and just wonder: can linux be installed on it?

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nyan@sh.itjust.works
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“WM8650” seems to indicate a VIA WonderMedia WM8650 armv5te chipset, used by a lot of anemic Android laptops circa 2011 (sold under various brandnames, but apparently all made in the same factory). People have installed Linux on them in the past (there seems to have been a fad for Arch on these for a while, given the search results), but you might have trouble getting a device tree that will work with a modern kernel.

Honestly, though, it has less processor than a Raspberry Pi 3. Unless you’ve already thought of a specific use for this, I’d dump it back in the junk drawer.

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MonkderDritte@feddit.de
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I played with Raspbian Minecraft up to Raspi 2.

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notthebees@reddthat.com
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I think my pi zero w might run a circle around it.

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cRazi_man@lemm.ee
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It might be an interesting project to hardware mod it to gut it and replace internally with an R.Pi.

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