Well, it’s a Lenovo Ideapad S145 with an Intel Celeron and 4GB of RAM. I’m writing this on it. I want it to be slightly faster at browsing the internet. I use Chrome, I know that’s awful xD
Well, it’s a Lenovo Ideapad S145 with an Intel Celeron and 4GB of RAM. I’m writing this on it. I want it to be slightly faster at browsing the internet. I use Chrome, I know that’s awful xD
Faster than what? Assuming you’re currently on a version of Windows, then moving to a lightweight Linux distro running a low footprint desktop environment would likely free up system resources for your web browsing. Windows is bloated and not maintained for older or lower powered hardware. The S145 seems to be a dual core Celeron based system so you’ll get reasonable performance benefits switching to a less resource hungry and less bloated OS.
I’d try something like MX Linux XFCE for a familiar windows like interface but with a smaller footprint freeing up resources for web browsing. You could also try MX Linux Fluxbox for an even lighter-weight desktop environment.
In terms of browser, I’d recommend sticking with Firefox (or derivatives like Libre Wolf) or Chromium if you want to stay closer to Chrome. I’d ditch chrome for privacy reasons rather than speed; most browsers are bloated these days and changing the OS will probably make the bigger impact when running lower powered hardware.
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