Stefan Brüns composed on 2022-10-09 20:14 (UTC+0200):
Most Core2Duos will not have an SSD, nor 8 GByte or even 4 GByte of memory.
People with more than 8G RAM are jaded. 4-8G is all an average mortal user needs, depending on whether he even knows that multitasking means. Those who have never been exposed to the benefits of SSDs are in a state of ignorant bliss, and haven't had to RMA 20% of their SSD acquisitions within two years of placed in service. I have 14 Core2Duos, 4 with SSDs, variously with 2G (4), 4G (8) or 8G (2) RAM. All are adequate for their designated tasks. Given their tasks all require little time powered, there's zero possibility of recovering cost of replacement of any of them. I also have around 6 variously named 65nm 2 thread "Pentiums" also still suited to task. That's 20 64bit Intel with 2 or more threads and 65nm or less lithography, plus 2 AMDs of similar capability, age and lith all being prematurely disabled from openSUSE for political and/or marketing reasons, leaving me with 5 operational @v2 or more, of which one is not yet 6 years old and yet only v2, plus a late K8 v2 with 16G RAM, SSD, 1 year old PSU, but motherboard that will no longer POST. What it all means is more uptime in other distros, less uptime in openSUSE, less experience to share in openSUSE forums, fewer used computers with non-zero marketplace value (aka pricier used computers, and used computers trickier to shop for), and fewer new openSUSE users via recommendations or personal installations, all for *non-quantified* overall performance benefit and me-too what RHEL did. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata